Rubber Band Experiment

The rubber band changes temperature for a different reason 1 than the traditional heat pump but the effect is easy to sense and the test equipment doesn t require a research grant.

Rubber band experiment.

Objective investigate how the distance of stretch in a rubber band at rest relates to the distance the rubber band travels after being released. I highly suggest doing this watermelon challenge outside as it can make a mess as the name exploding watermelon suggests. The rubber in rubber bands is bound together by thousands of long chains of molecules that are coiled together something like a net. The first experiment we show uses the potential energy stored in a rubber band to launch a paper rocket.

In this experiment you will find out how the stretching of a rubber band affects the amount of energy that springs out of it. Science behind the experiment. Posted in homeschool view on tuesday october 2 2018. Understanding what happens to the tires of an indycar.

Rubber band candle tweezers measuring tape pencil tag us imsmuseum craftwithimsm thank. 1 it turns out that the rubber band heats up and cools off due to the changing order of the molecules in the rubber band and a quantity called entropy but i digress. Anything attached to the rubber band may be flung forwards or upwards with the force of this energy. Will heat make a rubber band expand and get longer or contract and get shorter.

The work performed by your heat engine in this experiment is the movement of the weight by the expansion and contraction of the rubber band. Experiment 1 make a paper rocket. Supplies an empty 2 liter soda bottle permanent marker scissors pencil small. Here s all you need.

For this experiment you will need a piece of paper. Watermelon rubber band experiment. Then again that s part of the reason it makes a great activity to add to your kids summer bucket list. It is easiest to have 2 3 people to put the rubberbands on the watermelon.