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Labforsolarcookers
TheeffectofthenewspaperontheTemperature
HYPOTHESIS:
Ifthenewspaperischangedfromrolleduptoshreddedthentheamountofheatwillincrease,
becauseifthenewspapertakesupmorespaceandlessholestofillup,therestoftheboxwill
heatupmore.
LEVELS:
Temperature
TRIALS:
3
CONSTANTS:
(1)10pizzabox(2)clearplasticwrap
(3)cleartape(4)Aluminum
CONTROL:
Blackpaper
Temperatureoftheoven
Trials
typeofoven
mean
Range
Shredded
Paper
49.6
53.5
50.0
120
3.9
Whitepaper
48.9
56.4
60.0
125.3
11.1
Waxedpaper 50.2
45.2
46.1
110.7
Conrol
45.2
46.3
47
3.9
50.2
CONCLUSIONPARAGRAPH:
Thepurposeoftheexperimentwastoseewhichsolarcookerwouldcreatethemostheat.The
majorfindingswerethatasthecookersstayedmoreandmoreinthesuntheygothotter,butif
weopenedthemuptheyheatwouldberealisedanddecreasethetemperature.Thehypothesis
wasnotsupportedbythedata.Myhypothesisstatedthat:Ifthenewspaperischangedfrom
rolleduptoshreddedthentheamountofheatwillincrease,becauseifthenewspapertakesup
morespaceandlessholestofillup,therestoftheboxwillheatupmore.Improvingthis
experimentiwouldbuildthemallatthesamequality,putthematthesameangle.Intheend
theonethatwasthebestbuildandthathadthebestinstallationworkedthebest.