The  Specific  Heat  of  silly  putty

     In this lab, you'll need to figure out how many joules of energy it takes to make one gram of silly putty increase in temperature by one degree Celsius.  But the twist is, you also need to figure out how to heat up the putty without melting it!

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There is also a non-inquiry version of this lab that suggests a way to add heat to the putty, but removes much of the fun of figuring it out!