1. 🔴⚪⚫Albedo🔴⚪⚫
The proportion of the incident light or radiation reflected by a
surface, typically that of a planet or moon.

2. ❔❓Problem❓❔
Which color, red, black, or white, will have the
highest temperature after 30 minutes in the sun?

3. Hypothesis
Based on research the black shirt will have the
highest temperature after 30 minutes in the sun.

4. Materials
Adult Supervision
1 red shirt (cotton)
1 black shirt (cotton)
1 white shirt (cotton)
heat gun
tile ground
timer
sun
pencil/pen
chart

5. Measuring the
temperature of the
white shirt with a
heat gun!

6. Measuring the
temperature of the
red shirt with a heat
gun!

7. Measuring the
temperature of the black
shirt with a heat gun!

8. The black, red, and white shirt in the
sun!

9. The red,
white, and
black shirts

10. Results
The black shirt had the highest temperature after 30
minutes in the sun. The red shirt came in second. The
white shirt came in last by a lot.

11. Links
http://www.esr.org/outreach/glossary/albedo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Albedo?topic=54300