The subject we’re making our site about is heating, cooling and insulation. We learned that cracks that lead to air leaks are commonly found in your attics, basements, or crawl spaces.  It is important to seal these up because it cost you money and you lose heat or cool air. In our insulation experiment we learned that the more insulation you have the less heat you lose and the less insulation you have the more heat you lose.Windows and doors have cracks in them that allow heat and cool air to get out. We are going to show you ways to stop that.

* You can put something, like a towel, under cracks in your doors that can keep air from getting out.

• You can put plastic up over windows to stop air leaks

• Add insulation to your house to keep the heat in

* You need to check your chimney and attic to make sure they aren't leaking air.

* Use caulking around windows to stop air leaks.

* Use spray foam around big holes, like dryer vents, to stop air leaks.

 

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Our Experiment

We did an experiment on heat loss. We used lots of insulation in one box and we used a little insulation in another box. We also had a box without insulation. We put steaming hot water in all the boxes and kept track of their temperatures to see which one conserved more heat.

Problem: Why do we need  insulation in our homes?  How does insulation impact   the level of heat in our houses?

Hypotheses: So you don’t freeze and so  your money doesn't all go into your bill.
Hypotheses: It helps keeps your house warm.


Experiment: Set up three boxes
         1. Lots of insulation
         2. Med of insulation
         3. No insulation

Conclusion: My hypothesis was right you need insulation in your home because you could lose 11.1 of your heat in your house

Conclusion: Insulation helps you keep more heat in our house.