Timber Ridge Virtual Science Fair

2. Cut all Materials (Wood, Metal, Glass, Plastic) to the exact same size.

3. Take the unpainted Wood, Metal, Glass, and Plastic and place them in a freezer for about 30 minutes.

4. After 30 minutes, take out the Wood, Metal, Glass, and Plastic from the freezer and place them under the heat lamp. Right away, take your results by touching each material and record how hot it feels.

7.After the tenth, twentieth, fortieth, and an hour, record your results.

8. Repeat steps three through seven once.

1. Gather materials ( 4 pieces of wood, cut to same size, paints)

2. Paint 4 pieces of wood each color (Black, Green, White, Red).

3. Put the painted wood and put them in the freezer for about 30 minutes.

4. Repeat steps three through seven in Procedure one twice.

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Hypothesis	I believe if I were to test how fast heat attracts to different colors and materials, I believe heat would go to the metal faster than the wood and glass, and heat would also got to the color black fastest.
Abstract	My Purpose is to discover which materials and colors heat up faster. I believe metal will heat up faster than wood, glass, and plastic, and black will heat up faster than green, red, and white. I did this experiment by making four thin blocks, all the same dimensions, of wood, glass, plastic, and metal. Then I put them under a heat lamp and touched them to see how hot they were. I did this the first, second, fifth, tenth, twentieth, fortieth, and sixtieth minute. Then I repeated the experiment. I then made four wood blocks, the same dimensions and painted each either red, black, green, or white. Then I repeated the directions for the first part twice. In the end I discovered that glass and plastic heated up faster than the wood and metal. This may have been because they were clear on a white background. Also, black and green heated up faster than red and white. Part of my hypothesis was wrong, and the other only half right.
Materials	Materials: 5 Pieces of Wood, Metal (I used aluminum), Glass, and Plastic all the same size. Red, White, Green, and Black colored paint. One 60 watt Heat Lamp. Pen/pencil and paper.
Procedure	Procedure: 1. Gather Materials 2. Cut all Materials (Wood, Metal, Glass, Plastic) to the exact same size. 3. Take the unpainted Wood, Metal, Glass, and Plastic and place them in a freezer for about 30 minutes. 4. After 30 minutes, take out the Wood, Metal, Glass, and Plastic from the freezer and place them under the heat lamp. Right away, take your results by touching each material and record how hot it feels. 5. After the first minute, record. 6. After the fifth, record. 7.After the tenth, twentieth, fortieth, and an hour, record your results. 8. Repeat steps three through seven once. Procedure #2: 1. Gather materials ( 4 pieces of wood, cut to same size, paints) 2. Paint 4 pieces of wood each color (Black, Green, White, Red). 3. Put the painted wood and put them in the freezer for about 30 minutes. 4. Repeat steps three through seven in Procedure one twice.
Results	Key C = Cold NC = Not Cold GW = Getting Warm W = Warm H = Hot
Conclusion	In my experiment, the glass and plastic heated up faster than the metal and wood. This may have been due to the fact that the glass and plastic were clear and on a white background. For Colors, the darker colors, black and green, warmed up faster than the white and red. This means darker colors warm up faster than light colors.
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