Research

Research Topic 1 On a cold win" rel="nofollow">inter day, you decide to build a snow fort outside. After workin" rel="nofollow">ing for hours in" rel="nofollow">in the freezin" rel="nofollow">ing snow, you want to drin" rel="nofollow">ink a cup of hot cocoa in" rel="nofollow">in your fort, but you realize that the cold outside will quickly cool off your drin" rel="nofollow">ink. You decide to wrap your cup with somethin" rel="nofollow">ing to keep the cocoa warm longer. You wonder what material will work best. Experiment Idea: Design a series of experiments to determin" rel="nofollow">ine what materials are the best in" rel="nofollow">insulators again" rel="nofollow">inst heat loss. Fin" rel="nofollow">ind five identical cups with secure lids. Wrap each cup with a different type of in" rel="nofollow">insulator, such as a wool sock or alumin" rel="nofollow">inum foil. Pour a liquid of a known temperature in" rel="nofollow">into each cup, close the lid, and place all the cups in" rel="nofollow">into your freezer. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing a thermometer, determin" rel="nofollow">ine the rate of heat lost from the cup. Check the temperature of the liquid in" rel="nofollow">in each cup at regular in" rel="nofollow">intervals, such as every half hour for three hours. Test different materials as well as other variables such as thickness of the layer and density of the material. Research Idea: After you’ve decided on which in" rel="nofollow">insulatin" rel="nofollow">ing materials to use in" rel="nofollow">in your experiment, do some research to fin" rel="nofollow">ind out if these materials are often used as in" rel="nofollow">insulators. Take careful and complete notes about each type of material you choose because you will be writin" rel="nofollow">ing a research paper about your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings at a later time. Summarize any studies you fin" rel="nofollow">ind that relate to in" rel="nofollow">insulatin" rel="nofollow">ing materials and record that in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in your Investigation Notebook. Be sure to record specific in" rel="nofollow">information about each source so you can properly cite it in" rel="nofollow">in your research paper. Make sure you have the title and author(s) of the book, magazin" rel="nofollow">ine, encyclopedia, or Internet article; the name of the publisher with the place and date of publication; the URL address for any Internet sources; the date the source was published onlin" rel="nofollow">ine; and the date you viewed it. Physical Science: Unit 10 “My Research Project” Teacher Graded Assignment •    Submit your Power Poin" rel="nofollow">int Project to your teacher for gradin" rel="nofollow">ing. •    The Power Poin" rel="nofollow">int will replace lesson 7 and 8, so you will not need to create a display board or give an oral presentation. Once your project is submitted, your learnin" rel="nofollow">ing coach can mark those lessons complete. •    Completin" rel="nofollow">ing all of the lessons in" rel="nofollow">in unit 10 and failin" rel="nofollow">ing to submit a project, will result in" rel="nofollow">in a zero for this assignment. •    See the rubric below for gradin" rel="nofollow">ing standards •    The Project Topic can be any topic related to Physical Science. If you choose to do an experiment other than the 3 options given in" rel="nofollow">in Lesson 1, please gmail your topic for approval BEFORE proceedin" rel="nofollow">ing. •    A copy of the PowerPoin" rel="nofollow">int template can be found at this lin" rel="nofollow">ink:  Click here for PowerPoin" rel="nofollow">int template