immersion/burning peanut

Peanut Energy Experiment

Step one:

We filled a science beaker with exactly 100ml's of water and measured the water temperature. It was 21 degrees. 

Step two: 

Then we lit a big candle in the sink.

Step three:

Then we used science tongs to hold a peanut over the flame of the candle.

Step four:

Once the peanut had caught on fire we took it out of the flame. We waited until the flame on the candle went out by itself. We timed how long it took for it to go out.

Step five:

Once the peanut was not on fire anymore we put it in a cup the water. We left it in the water for one minute.

Step six:

The last thing we did was we measured the water temperature again. The temperature went up to 24 degrees. The temperature rose 3 degrees from one burnt peanut. 

We did another experiment after this with two burnt peanuts in the same water. The temperature of the water rose to 34 degrees.