The trip the the Museum of Science was quite enlightening, especially with certain exhibits and displays.

For this display, it presented an issue that most households may face. That fact that households would lose via radiation through windows. The loss of heat equates to loss of energy, since it would require more energy to generate heat to replace the ones lost. At this image shows, one side has plain glass, while the other is the special E Glass, which reflects back more heat than the plain glass.

This reflection of heat is important in that it goes back into the room rather than out. This means that less heat is lost, and more energy is saved, which is the most important thing.

In regards to this display, I would rate these bulbs on a scale of 1-10. 1 being the best, and 10 being the worst. LED would be 1, since it requires less turns of the wheel, at a slow pace. CFL comes second at 4, requiring a couple more turns at a slightly faster pace. Finally, the incandescent comes in a a whooping 15, yes, 15. I lost count at how many turns done, and my arm hurt after I had only got a moderate glow from the bulb. This tells me that it uses a ton of energy to even light up.

When considering my group experiment dealing with light bulbs, this gets relatively important in that we’re using so much energy without really realizing it. While the heat generated by the bulbs clues us in, the display showed just how big an impact was made.

Energy is very important, as shown by the previous images. It helps to generate heat and light, but it is not infinite. This is what makes electricity generation just as important, since supply needs to be made to meet up with demand. What helps with the generation is the kind of structure that is being used. As with conservation of energy, what’s used greatly helps.

In the three images dealing with wind turbines, there are 5 in total, with the energy generated being shown by 2 of them. As it can plainly be seen, the former wind turbine generates far more electricity  than the latter.

When you consider everything discussed about above, planning and structuring an experiment can depend solely what it’s made of. Any knowledge can be used to further improve it. This can range from what type of materials are used, or how the experiment is done.