List your drinks containers in a results table (as in video). Download table here.
Very carefully use the measuring jug to put 100 ml of boiled water into each container. If the water temperature in the container is less than 60 °C, empty and refill with new hot water. Put on any lids.
Measure room temperature.
Measure water temperature for each container about once a minute. Record the time when the temperature is 60 °C. Replace lids each time and don’t leave the thermometer in the container.
Continue measuring water temperature about once a minute. Write down the time when the temperature is 50 °C.
Continue measure water temperature and write down the time when the temperature is 40 °C. Give the thermometer time to settle outside the water, then measuring the room temperature.
Calculate times each drinks container takes to cool from 60 °C to 50 °C and from 50 °C to 40 °C, and record values.
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