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Background Information:
If youve ever wrapped your hands around a cup of hot chocolate, youve felt heat
transfer through conduction. The heat from the hot chocolate transfers through the
cup to your hand. Does the material the coffee cup is made from make a difference?
Different materials conduct heat differently. Pure metals conduct heat more rapidly
than mixed metals due to their closely packed molecular arrangement. Other
materials such as wood, plastic, and glass do not conduct heat well.
Aim:
To determine which coffee cup is the best choice for a coffee shop to use based on its
insulation ability.
Independent Variable: _____________________________________
Hypothesis:
The cup made of _________________________ will stay the warm the longest.
Materials:
1 x Ceramic cup
The cup made of ______________________ stayed warm the longest, where as the
cup made of __________________________lost heat the quickest.