Cooling with Sunshades

imageIn this activity, you can learn more about heat and how it can affect different substances both on Earth and in space!  You'll get to make a simple device to test the phase change of water from ice to liquid, investigate the effectiveness of different shading materials, and talk about how MESSENGER uses a sunshade to stay comfortable at Mercury's short distance from the sun!

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