How does the increase in time affect the temperature change of ice being heated?

Variables
Independent Variable Time (s)

Dependant Variable Temperature (°C)

Control Variable Volume of water

Intensity of heat
Surface area of beaker

Apparatus
o Clamp (x1)
o Beaker (x1)
o Measuring Scale (x1)
o Bunsen Burner (x1)
o Wire Gauze (x1)
o Tripod (x1)
o Tongs (x1)
o Thermometer (x1)
o Stopwatch (x1)

Methodology

i. Add 50cm^2 of ice into a beaker and place it on the Bunsen burner
ii. Put the thermometer inside the beaker and clam it into place
iii. Start the stopwatch as soon as the Bunsen burner is lit, and take the temperature reading every 10
seconds
iv. Continue to take the temperature reading until you get 3 consecutive readings in you data table
v. Turn the Bunsen burner off and set the beaker aside cautiously using the tongs
Sources of Error

Looking at the data table and especially the graph we can see that the line is not exactly linear since there
are a few anomalies. This happened due to many errors when executing the experiment. Firstly, the
Bunsen burner was not directly under the beaker and kept shifting since the gas tube was short and not
very flexible. This meant that I had to keep adjusting the burner so that it was right below the beaker.
Doing this entailed that the temperature being given to the beaker was not even and that I could not write
the temperature down exactly every 10 seconds because I was occupied with fixing the burner. Adding
on, when compared to the heating curve of water the graph does not align properly with the boiling and
melting point of water. This may be due to various reasons. The first one being that inaccurate readings
were taken because of the constantly shifting Bunsen burner. The other reason could have been because
the water was impure and had other elements in it which tampered with the boiling and melting points.