Space Technology

Designing a Spacesuit

Objective

• Design a controlled experiment examining the effectiveness of insulators on heat loss

Class

• NASA:  The Spacesuit Interactive

Discussion on Experimental Design

Student Investigation:  Design an experiment to test the effectiveness of at least two insulators on heat loss?

Pre-Lab

• Question:  How do (your research materials) affect heat loss?
• Hypothesis
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Controlled Variables
• Procedure
• Diagram
• Data Table

• You may use beakers, test tubes, flasks, ice, water, hot plates, thermometers, any material you can find in class

Students created a Google Doc and began the investigation