{"id":8934,"date":"2021-12-13T12:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spencerparkps.wa.edu.au\/?p=8934"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:18:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:18:05","slug":"physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencerparkps.wa.edu.au\/2024\/physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Things have been heating up in Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8935 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/spencerparkps.wa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5-2-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/>Mrs Murray and the students from Room 3 did an investigation to conclude their <strong><span style=\"color: #233e93;\">\u2018Heating Up\u2019 physics unit.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The question was \u2018<strong><span style=\"color: #233e93;\">Does a black surface absorb more heat than a white surface?<\/span><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The students made a pizza box solar oven and paired up to see if a chocolate bud and a cracker and mozzarella cheese would melt more quickly depending on whether placed on a white or black surface inside the box. 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