Chemical Energy - Design Your Own Experiment
Design Your Own Experiment
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Other kinds of experiments can reveal interesting facts about endothermic and exothermic reactions. Our bodies produce exothermic reactions when we turn food into energy. Can you measure the amount of food energy available in a sample by burning it and measuring the resulting temperature change in a sample of water? Review the description of how cold packs work. Can you think of a way to design a homemade cold pack?
Check the For More Information section and talk with your science teacher or school or community media specialist to start gathering information on chemical reaction questions that interest you.
Steps in the Scientific Method
To do an original experiment, you need to plan carefully and think things through. Otherwise, you might not be sure what question you are answering, what you are or should be measuring, or...
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