Mitten Science

Mittens keep our hands warm but are mittens themselves warm?

Extending the concept

• Do gloves keep hands as warm as mittens?
• Do hands get warmer the longer they are inside mittens?
• How does the outside air temperature affect the temperature of hands inside mittens? (If you are wearing mittens indoors will your hands be the same temperature as they would be if you were wearing them outdoors in cold weather?)
• Are thin cotton mittens as effect as thick thermal mittens for keeping hands warm?

Select one question

You will then design

You will create

• controlled variables
• independent variables
• dependent variables

List all of the materials
Write 10 procedural steps
Create a data table or a representation for your data

All this must be completed and

the experiment can be done

Word of caution...