Lesson 04 – Experiment: What Does Sunlight Do to Water?

Read The Experiment to Learn What Sunlight Does to Water

What Does Sunlight
Do to Water?

Find out what sunlight does to water.

What You Need
What You Do
What You Need

• 2 plastic cups containing equal amounts of water
• Thermometer

What You Do

1. Ask an adult to help you take the temperature of the water in both cups. The temperature should be the same in both cups.
2. Put one cup of water in a sunny spot.
3. Put the other cup of water in a shady spot.
4. Predict what will happen to the temperature of the water in each cup.
5. Wait two hours. Then take the temperature of the water again.

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