What is the truth behind choosing clothing colors for warmth or cooling properties? Let's find out! Your students have soccer practice this weekend with temperatures pre...
...moreWhat is the truth behind choosing clothing colors for warmth or cooling properties? Let's find out! Your students have soccer practice this weekend with temperatures predicted to be in the 90s. Is it better to wear white t-shirts or black t-shirts to keep cool at practice? Does one color really keep a body cooler compared to another color? Might one color increase body temperature? These questions and more are answered through this hands-on activity for younger students. Through experimentation with ice cubes and colored paper, students learn which colors absorb heat faster than others. Girls' and boys' natural curiosity makes this activity a fun extension to learning about light and energy and their engineering design applications.
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