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4 Thermal Student Worksheet 1

This document provides instructions for an experiment to test different materials as insulators to keep a cold drink cold. Students are asked to rank various materials - paper towel, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, wool, cotton, or nothing - from most to least effective at keeping a can cold. They then record the starting and final temperatures of drinks wrapped in each material. The results are displayed in a bar graph to show how well each material maintained the drink's cold temperature. Students are asked questions to analyze the results and understand that materials which slow heat transfer act as insulators and why certain materials like wool are worn in colder weather.

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4 Thermal Student Worksheet 1

This document provides instructions for an experiment to test different materials as insulators to keep a cold drink cold. Students are asked to rank various materials - paper towel, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, wool, cotton, or nothing - from most to least effective at keeping a can cold. They then record the starting and final temperatures of drinks wrapped in each material. The results are displayed in a bar graph to show how well each material maintained the drink's cold temperature. Students are asked questions to analyze the results and understand that materials which slow heat transfer act as insulators and why certain materials like wool are worn in colder weather.

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Name ________________________________ Date ______________

Save the Penguins


Lesson 1
Background: You are going on a field trip and must pack a lunch to take with you. You put a cold drink in your
lunch bag in the morning, but when you opened your lunch later that day it was warm! What happened?

What is the difference between Heat and Temperature?

Heat is…. Temperature is…

This experiment is designed with some things found around your house that might be good at keeping a drink
cold.

Rank the materials from most (#1) effective to least (#6) effective at keeping the cans cold.

Material Rank
Paper Towel
Aluminum Foil
Plastic Wrap
Wool
Cotton
Nothing

1. Which material would be most effective at keeping the drink cold? _______________________

Why? _________________________________________________________________________

2. Which material would be least effective at keeping the drink cold? _______________________

Why? _________________________________________________________________________
3. Record the data on the table.

Effect of Different Insulators on Cold Drink Temperatures


Starting Final Temperature Change in
Material Temperature of Drink-T2 Temperature-∆T
of Drink-T1 T2-T1=∆T
Paper Towel
Aluminum Foil
Plastic Wrap
Wool
Cotton
Nothing

4. Create a bar graph of your data.

Starting and Final Temperatures of Drinks


70

60
Temperature F⁰

50

40

30
Paper towels Aluminum foil Plastic Wrap Wool Sock Cotton Sock Nothing
Materials

Color T1 (starting temperature) ______________ Color T2 (final temperature) ______________


5. In the box, draw the direction of heat flow of the can/bottle and air with nothing around it. Use
arrows.

Materials that can decrease the rate of energy transfer are called insulators.

6. Which is better at slowing down the rate of heat transfer, wool or cotton?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

a. What did the wool slow down? ______________________________________________

b. Did the wool trap “coldness”? __________________________________________________

7. Why did we include a can with no wrapping in the experiment? ______________________________

8. Why do people wear wool in the winter, and cotton in the summer?__________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

9. What does any of this have to do with penguins? ___________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

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