http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/coursewikis/ph111/ 2020-01-25T23:43:59-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/coursewikis/ph111/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/coursewikis/ph111/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-07-10T09:47:34-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/coursewikis/ph111/doku.php?id=days:fall2009daybyday:fall2009day11:temperatureprobesandinsulators:start&rev=1341938854 Navigation Links Fall 2009-Day 11 Heat and Temperature Activities Our next activity involved using heat and temperature probes. During the previous class, some discussion about which objects would be better insulators sparked an idea for an activity that could be done. Adam gave each group of four students a styrofoam, a paper, a metal, and a plastic cup. The students poured hot water into each of the four cups. They measured the temperature as soon as the water was poured to see if they wer…