In our first team meeting, our teams decided what experiment we would do. We went through a list of several examples and concluded that for our safety, it would be best to omit any that involved chemicals. We looked at several and decided that we would try one called “Good Sock”.  It is an insulation experiment that measures which material is best for insulation.  We found it was c;ear and concise and directly correlates to sustainability in the sense that it can give ideas on how to sustain heat loss in the cold season. We looked at what we needed for this experiment and allocated responsibilities to each team member.

Materials:

1. 4 glass bottles

2. cotton socks

3. nylon socks

4. foil

5. temperature probes

6. LabView software and NXT robots

 

After that, we decided that the best way to communicate with each other was on a social network: facebook. We created a page called “a Good Sock” and all joined it that way we wouldn’t have to send multiple messages at a time.