CAN CHALLENGE

By Sara Ory and Kat Friese

Our Plan

This was the original plan we drew on the desk and we followed the design while we build the insulator. But we knew what materials to look for in the supply closet.

Getting Started

This was us testing to make sure that the pink styrofoam outside would fit into the regulator so we could compete in the challenge. We checked all of the sides. And we also measured them.

The Lid

Since you loose most of your heat from the opening of the can, we needed a really good lid. Our lid hard outside was composed of pink water proof styrofoam.

The Lid 2

The lid also needed to have a piece of foil, since we used tin around the can, they reflect the heat off of each other. Then we used a piece of egg crate that would be directly over the can, trapping the heat particles in the egg crate.

The Can

We rapped the can in a real tin we received from Mrs. Bonebrake. This tin would reflect the thermal energy back with the foil on the lid. This would keep the heat of the water in the can, and the can should stay warm.

Inside The Insulator

At the very bottom of the insulator we used an egg crate Styrofoam to keep in the heat and not let any cold air come through. Egg Crate is mostly air , and air makes a really good insulator and the egg crate was very helpful in keeping the heat from going out.

The Outside

After all of the stryofoam pieces were assembled, including the lid and bottom, we wrapped the whole thing in a rain coat layer. After we tested it, the rain coat leaked where the duck tape was. So we wrapped the whole thing in a plastic zip lock bag to water proof the whole thing and therefore no water could get in to reach the can.

Our can was named the yellow submarine, it lost 8.1 degrees over a period of twenty minutes.

The Yellow Submarine