Thermal Insulators
We understand that you have been learning about the insulating properties of different materials. We also understand that you know how to carry out a proper scientific investigation.
It would be helpful to know which materials could stop our water-bottles freezing as we trek in colder climates. We have brought some materials which we would like you to test in order to see which is the best insulator.
Will these materials make any difference to how quickly the water cools? If so, which material is the best insulator.
Each group will have one type of material to investigate. You will need to measure accurately and record your results carefully.
You will need to present your results on a ‘display board’.
Your ‘display board’ will help you to present your investigation to the other teams.
A quality display board will contain the following things:
You may add a graph if you wish.
All the writing on your display board should be legible and have correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
It would be helpful to know which materials could stop our water-bottles freezing as we trek in colder climates. We have brought some materials which we would like you to test in order to see which is the best insulator.
Will these materials make any difference to how quickly the water cools? If so, which material is the best insulator.
Each group will have one type of material to investigate. You will need to measure accurately and record your results carefully.
You will need to present your results on a ‘display board’.
Your ‘display board’ will help you to present your investigation to the other teams.
A quality display board will contain the following things:
- a title
- a prediction
- a list of all the equipment you used.
- a labelled diagram of how you set up your experiment
- a table of results
- a step-by-step description of what you did
- what you learned from your results
You may add a graph if you wish.
All the writing on your display board should be legible and have correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.