Black paper was hypothesized to be the best insulation material, but the experiment found otherwise. The experiment tested how well different materials insulated beakers of hot and cold water over 15 minutes. For hot water, a wool sock proved the most effective insulator, maintaining water temperature best. For cold water, tin foil performed best by insulating temperature rise the most. In conclusion, the experiment disproved the initial hypothesis that black paper would work best, instead finding a wool sock and tin foil superior insulators.

1. ICREDIBLE
INSULATION!!!
Science Experiment
By Matthew Jones

2. HYPOTHESIS:
• I think that ..black paper [or possibly
material] would be the best form of
insulation because black [the colour]
absorbs energy I also believe it will
work better because the other
materials are fabrics which are made
of thin threads of fabric that will have
small holes that might let the
temperature escape more quicker. 2

3. AIM:
AIM:
To find the most efficient form of house insulation
so that people stop using electric heat pumps
which needs electricity that needs to be made
with fossil fuels which are a finite resource.

4. WHY INSULATE
in the first place?
• Insulating your home will save warmth,electricity bill money
and would provide a healthier and more cosy nice indoor
family living area. The heat captured from the sun needs to be
stopped from escaping through walls, ceilings and floors.
Insulated houses are warmer than houses without insulation.So
damp ,yucky condensation is less likely to form in your home
so you are less likely to catch illness. In summer, insulation
will keep the heat out, making your home nice and cool.
Insulation will help provide a more even temperature all year-
round.Also you won’t need to buy big ,bulky,expensive heat
pumps that uses electricity.
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5. MATERIALS
1: (5) Thermometers.
2:(5) Different forms of Insulation.
[Below is the form of insulation I tested
Since I was in a group who tested sponge, pink
bats ,cotton wool and a wooly sock].
• Black paper.
3:(5) beakers [ with either boiling or cold water in it]
4:timer [to record the minutes.

6. The Experiment
1. I placed thermometer in a beaker.
2. I wrapped the beaker with black paper [my insulator].
3. I poured 200mls of hot water into beaker and
measured starting temperature with a thermometer.
4. I set a timer for a minute and when it went off I
measured temperature I repeated that for 15 minutes.
5: I did the exact same thing but with cold water
from the fridge.

7. results;
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9. Application:
• Using insulation means you don’t need to
buy expensive heat pumps which uses
electricity and electricity in order to be
made burns fossil fuels which are finite
rescources and once they are gone they
are gone for ever,ever,ever...
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10. CONCLUSION
• In the end the fluffy sock won as the best
insulator of hot water and the black paper
lost out of 5 insulators the exact opposite
of my original hypothesis.
• But in cold water tin foil won as best
insulator which i’m not that suprised
because tin foil does not have holes.
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