What's the Fastest Way to Cool Soda
Energy and Change
Natalie Osborne
Marley Innes
- Grade:
- 6
- Teacher:
- Mary Starks
We want to find the quickest way to cool soda cans to 52 degrees F. with cooling agents. Our cooling agents are ice water bath, water bath, refrigerator, and freezer. We want to do this because we want cold soda as soon as possible and we want to reach 52 degrees F because that is what we normally drink soda at. Our conclusion is that the ice water bath is the fastest, then a freezer. We wanted to find the fastest way to cool soda because we know that people prefer cold soda.
You have a very good scientific idea and it is an interesting way of solving social problems in a scientific way.
Great job on your experiment! You showed curiosity and careful observation by testing how ice and cold water can cool sodas quickly, and you used the scientific method to learn something practical and interesting.
Excellent job designing a well-controlled and carefully measured experiment! Your data collection was thorough, and your explanation of conduction and convection shows a strong scientific understanding. Your data and graphs clearly supported the ice water bath results. Keep exploring real-world science questions, you are thinking like a true scientist!