Note: You are not performing the experiment—only designing it.
Introduction
The purpose of this assignment is to design an experiment that another student could follow and use to test whether land or water heats faster.
You will complete the following:
Part One: Experimental Design. Plan out an experiment by answering the guiding questions below.
Part Two: Design a Lab Report. Write the outline of a lab report so that another student could complete the experiment by using the materials listed below:
sand
water
heat lamps
thermometers
cups
Part One: Experimental Design
In this section, you will think about what type of experiment to set up. Remember, you are NOT completing the experiment, only designing it. Use these guiding questions to help you design the experiment.
What hypothesis will the experiment test?
What are the variables?
What purpose would the sand serve?
What purpose would the water serve?
What purpose would the heat lamps serve?
What purpose would the thermometers use?
How can you use these materials to test whether land or water heats faster?
How would you compare whether land or water heats faster?
Within a 24-hour period, at what three points should the temperature be taken? Why?
What would an effective conclusion need to include?
Part Two: Design a Lab Report
Once you have designed the experiment, you must write out the instructions so another student could act as the experimenter and follow them. Fill in the following elements of this lab report as described in italics below.
Lab Report
Objective
Explain the purpose of your lab.
Procedure
List the experiment procedures. Some steps have been filled in for you. You may need to adjust the numbers to match the steps you decide on.
Identify the variables.
Write out your hypothesis in an if/then format.
Gather your materials.
The worksheet is about energy and temperature
What purpose would the heat lamps serve
What purpose would the thermometers use
How can you use these materials to test whether land or water heats faster
What are the variables
How would you compare whether land or water heats faster
Within a 24-hour period, at what three points should the temperature be taken? Why?
What would an effective conclusion need to include?
What purpose would the heat lamps serve
Analyze the data.
Write your conclusion.
Data Analysis
Label a data table so that the experimenter can record observations for the sand and water temperatures at various points.
How hot is the sand at the morning.
How cold is the sdnd at night
Do you think sand give heat to water if the sand is hot
Does sand have energy if yes or no say way
Can you make energy
Conclusion
Explain what the experimenter should include in this section to show how the data proved the hypothesis.
He should put similar answers like the ones he put in his data and he needs to put a good explanation so he can prove it.
