How does Temperature affect glow sticks.

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By Casj and Macs
Research:

Glow sticks only last certain amount of
time in room temperature. It has been
said that glow sticks glow brighter when
heated.
Problem:
How does temperature affect a glue
stick?
 We chose this because we wanted to
see what would happen to glow sticks in
different temperatures.

Hypothesis:

We think that glow sticks will glow
brighter in hotter temperatures and that
they will last longer in colder
temperatures, but be dimmer in cold
temperature and not last as long in
hotter temperatures.
Materials:
12 glow sticks
 Freezer
 Fridge
 Heated blanket
 Note pad
 Pencil/pen
 Room temperature for control

Experiment Procedures:
First- buy 12 glow sticks. Second- place
glow sticks in designated areas. Thirdlight up glow sticks in the areas. Fourthwait a couple of hours then see what
happens and write down results in
notebook and compare to control.
Results:
Heat: 1hr. Still bright. 2hr. Same.
3hr. Dim. 4hr. No glow.
 Fridge: 1hr. Half glowing. 2hr. Less glow.
3hr. Same. 4hr. Same.
 Freezer: 1hr. Dim. 2hr. Dimmer.
3hr. No glow. 4hr. Same.
 Control: 1hr. Bright. 2hr. Not as bright.
3hr. Half dim. 4hr. Same.

Conclusion:
Our hypothesis was wrong, we thought the
one in the heat would be the brightest,
but the one in the fridge was the
brightest when we took it out of the
fridge.
Heat
Freezer
Pictures:
Fridge
Control
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