Contributor NASA Education

Update
01-01-1998
Content Type
Activity
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade
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This is an activity where students use different-colored coffee cans to study the effect of the color of a surface on the amount of heat it will absorb. A second activity explores the effect that adding insulation to the can will have on heat retention. This would also be a good activity for demonstrating the effect of albedo when teaching climate change.