INSULATION EXPERIMENT Box Cover INSULATION EXPERIMENT BY Anika Rastogi Shoe Box

Definition: Insulation Insulation is a material that prevents the passage of heat, electricity, and sound to travel from one item to another. Insulation slows down the process of a warm object loosing heat and a cold object gaining heat.

The Experiment Supplies Room Thermometer (2) Box Lid (2) Black Color Box (2)

The Experiment Instructions Tape black construction paper to the outside bottoms of the shoe boxes. Place your box tops in a sunny place with the thermometers inside facing up and then record the temperatures. Invert one box on the box top so the black bottom is toward the sun. This is your control. Tape Styrofoam, a towel, a thick paper one at a time on the inside of the other box.

The Experiment: Styrofoam Control Experiment

The Experiment: Towel Towel Control Experiment

The Experiment: thick paper Control Experiment

Results MATERIALS CONTROL STYROFOAM 57° 52° TOWEL 53° THICK PAPER 54° EXPERIMENT STYROFOAM 57° 52° TOWEL 53° THICK PAPER 54°

Analysis and Conclusion The best insulator was the Styrofoam because it let very little heat waves go through so it kept the air inside the box cool The worst insulator was Thick Paper because it let more heat waves go through so it allowed the cool air inside the box to gain heat Some other good substance are ridget foam, sheep’s wool, rock mineral wool, and glass mineral wool.

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