After the long Thanksgiving break, we were ready to jump back in! We reviewed what we figured out about energy transferring between states of matter, and recognized we were still a bit unsure if heat or cold moves. So we turned to something Mrs. Brinza had a surplus of over the holiday...BUTTER!
With Mrs. Brinza's guidance, we were thinking that we could see if the temperature changing in butter over time both close to and far from a heat source could give us any solidifying evidence about energy transfer. Check out three class' data below.
We agreed that our data helped prove what we were already thinking--that the heat moves. We developed a model to showcase our understanding, and we also considered how what was going on with the butter is just like what's going on with our cup systems!
Next steps! Explain our other related phenomena!