Research Plan Instructions

This plan needs to be submitted and approved prior to experimentation. This should be updated if there
are any changes to the experiment while completing this project.


Problem Question or Topic: What forms of heat will be fast enough to melt a marsh mellow.

Purpose and Rationale:

Goals and Expected Outcomes:

Hypothesis(es): If I test the different types of thermal energy that can melt a marsh melow, then the
different types of thermal heat will burn and some will burn very fast and some will take time to burn,
because the more heat added the more the temperature risises and

Research Methods and Questions:

Experimental Design: independent variable will be the different types of thermal heat I will use to melt
the marshmallow. The dependent variable would be the marshmallow because it changes when the
different types of heat touches it. The control of my experiment is the thermal heat because it does not
change, the only thing that changes about it are the different form of thermal energy. The constants are
the timing it takes the marshmallow to melt.


Materials: any writing utensil, paper to record your data, microwave,oven,stove, saram rap, pizza box,
stick( to hold the pizza box lid open), 5 watt light bulb, small desk lamp, tape, paper foil, oven tray,
exzacto knife.

Procedures: gather a square pizza box, a long stick, paper foil suram rap, and a lamp with a 5 watt light
bulb. On the top of the pizza box about one inch from the edge where you can open and closes it cut a
straight line down till you get one inch from the bottom of the box. Rember to turn the box to the way you
are cutting it. If you are cutting it and the box is far away from you that could lead to a serious injure.oce
you are down cutting the box you sound have three side cut , the only side that is not cut is the side with
the crease on it, this is used to open and closes the box.

Risk Assessment and Safety Precautions: When cutting the pizza box be careful on how you cut it.
Make sure that you are closes to the box and not the knife. Also make sure you are watching what you are
doing while cutting the box. You should also be cautious that when the oven and stove are on they are hot
so dont touch them while they are on. If you dont want to get burned then it would be best to where
baking mittens.

Data Analysis: while testing my experiment I will be measuring in minutes

Bibliography: https://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/p670/textbook/Chap_4.pdf
eol.plymouth.k12.in.us/lincoln/science/chap09.pdf
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/thermalP/Lesson-1/What-is-Heat
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/heat.htm
http://www.softschools.com/facts/energy/thermal_energy_facts/402/