The Solar House Experiment

Question: Will a house with covered or uncovered windows heat up the most?

Hypothesis: If __________________________________________ then __________

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Procedure:
1. Construct the solar house.
2. Place the solar house with its window toward the sun. Make sure it’s padded with a piece of
cardboard underneath. Do not block the sunlight from reaching the solar house and don’t
cast a shadow on the solar house.
3. Record the temperature at minute 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11. (While you wait between minute
5 and 10, make a line graph on the data sheet.
4. Calculate the net temperature change.
5. Complete the Results & Conclusion Sheet with your lab group and discussed your group
results.

Data:

Conclusion:
Claim — __________________________________
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Evidence — ___________________________________________________________
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Reasoning — _________________________________________________________
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