Activity 1 and 2

Designate 4 classrooms in the school building, one facing south, one facing east, and one facing west, and one facing north. Place a thermometer in the window in each classroom on the same surface and compare and contrast the results of the differences in temperature. Record the data.
Change the surfaces under the thermometers from no paper, to black paper, to white paper, to aluminum foil and recheck the results. Which surface absorbs the most heat and why? Which classroom, of the four classrooms, affected the temperature the most in the relationship to the sun's direction?
Go on the school playground on a warm day and repeat the activity using different surfaces and different colors to see which surface absorbs the most heat.