Sept. 9

Sept. 9, 2008
We did the Temperature Probe Response Time experiment. Within our groups of 4, we used the Easy Temp Probe and the TI-84 graphing calculator to test the amount of time it took for the probe to reach it's maximum heat when being placed in ice cold water then hot water. After placing the probe in ice water for 20 seconds, then moving it to hot water, the temperature jumped from 45.3 degrees Fahrenheit to 94 degrees Fahrenheit. We found that the relapse time (the time it took to reach max heat which was 94 degrees) was 29 seconds.
This lab was a great lab because the directions were pretty easy to follow and it required us to work with technology as well. The TI-84 graphing calculator graphed a chart of what our temp X time looked like. Our graph shot up right away and then leveled off at the 94 degrees.


-Jessica Murphy-