Texas Instruments - Middle Grades

Active Wear Added on 2/11/2009	Downloads: TI-73 PDF file TI-SmartView Scripts
In this activity, students will compare the temperatures inside a soda can that has been painted black, silver, or white. They will use the temperature sensor to collect the temperature of the cans sitting under a heat lamp every 30 seconds for 10 minutes. This will allow them to see how different colors, such as clothing, react to a heat source like the sun.
Students will record the data they have collected and then graph it as a connected scatter plot. Using the scatter plot students will analyze how which color is the best solar collector and which color reflected the best. This activity includes a TI-Navigator extension that can be used for students to share their results with the rest of the class.

Active Wear

Added on 2/11/2009

Downloads:
TI-73 PDF file
TI-SmartView Scripts

In this activity, students will compare the temperatures inside a soda can that has been painted black, silver, or white. They will use the temperature sensor to collect the temperature of the cans sitting under a heat lamp every 30 seconds for 10 minutes. This will allow them to see how different colors, such as clothing, react to a heat source like the sun.

Students will record the data they have collected and then graph it as a connected scatter plot. Using the scatter plot students will analyze how which color is the best solar collector and which color reflected the best. This activity includes a TI-Navigator extension that can be used for students to share their results with the rest of the class.

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