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Greenhouse Effect Lab

This document outlines a science lab experiment on the greenhouse effect, detailing the materials needed and the step-by-step procedure for measuring temperature changes inside and outside a glass jar. Students will record starting temperatures, make predictions, and compare them with actual temperatures after specified time intervals. The experiment encourages hypothesis formation and concludes with space for observations and comments.

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Greenhouse Effect Lab

This document outlines a science lab experiment on the greenhouse effect, detailing the materials needed and the step-by-step procedure for measuring temperature changes inside and outside a glass jar. Students will record starting temperatures, make predictions, and compare them with actual temperatures after specified time intervals. The experiment encourages hypothesis formation and concludes with space for observations and comments.

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Name ______________________Class ______________ Date _______________

Science Lab: Greenhouse Effect


Materials: For each group of 2 to 3 students:
 1 large glass jar (with lid)
 1 thermometer
 1 piece of cardboard slightly larger than the thermometer
 1 rubber band

Procedure:
1. Place one thermometer on a piece of cardboard (like a loaf of bread on a board) and secure it with a
rubber band. It is important that the cardboard stick out all around the thermometer to protect the
thermometer from the sun.

2. Go outdoors with your teacher to a grassy area. Put the thermometer outside the jar on a tiny box or
bent wire hanger near the ground. Face the thermometer away from the sun, which means the cardboard
is facing the sun.

3. After a length of time your teacher decides is long enough, read the temperature on the thermometer.
Write this temperature in the first column in the chart below. This is your starting outdoor temperature.

4. Place the thermometer (again, keeping it facing away from the sunlight) inside the jar and close the lid.
Listen to your teacher announce how many minutes you will wait to look for temperature change. Find
the second column in the chart. Write this number of minutes in the blank inside the top of that column
(where it says, “After _____ min.”).

5. Write down your “Prediction” that the temperature will be inside the jar after that amount of time.

6. After that time, all in the group read the temperature and write it under the word “Actual.” Keep the
thermometer inside the jar. If there is more time during your science period, you will test additional
time intervals.

Form your hypothesis by predicting the temperature after a certain number of minutes. Each
student will write his or her prediction in each box. (Fill in the blank. Your teacher will tell you what
number to write.) Use the chart below. Add comments if you would like.

Starting Temperature Temperature Temperature


Temperature Inside the Jar Inside the Jar Inside the Jar
Outside the Jar
(Actual After _____ min. After _____ min. After _____ min.
Outdoor
Temperature) Prediction Actual Prediction Actual Prediction Actual
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
F F F F F F
○
F

On the back of this sheet, write any conclusion and comments you wish to make.

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