Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5, 2011
I did not post yesterday due to the fact that i was sick and was not in school. Despite that, I did a large amount of work on my powerpoint. I met with Mrs. Weissman before submitting it today at the end of class. She showed me a few quick formatting changes that i needed to make. There were no large errors. I will now start writing my script. I have a pretty good idea of what I what to say, but I need to summarize more in order to cut down the amount of time my presentation takes. When I rehearsed my powerpoint today, I was at 11 minutes. I would like to get the time down to about 7 minutes and 30 seconds.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April 3, 2011
Today I wrote my abstract and worked on my powerpoint. I can't believe the end is so close! I have so much work that still needs to be done!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
March 27th 2011
Today I made the graphs for my Lab Report. I then put my observations into my report and fixed typos and formatting issues. I think that I am in good shape for school tomorrow.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
March 26th 2011
Today I wrote my data analysis and put together most of my lab report. The only work I have left to do is my conclusion. I then need to see Mrs. Weissman as soo as possible to as all the questions I have.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
March 9th 2011
Today in class I began my 3rd and final trial. I think there was a possible experiment error with my water heaters, because the temperatures in the three tanks felt very close in temperature when i put my hand in each one. I think it is possible that one or more of the heaters was unplugged then plugged back in by someone. Despite this possible mistake, my results were consistant with my first two trials. Tomorrow is my last day of experimenting and collecting data. I will then start my full analysis and lab report.
All Blog Posts from January 3rd to March 8th
January 3, 2011
topic idea
oil spills in water masses affect plants and animals living in them. so..
If oil in water affects the algae living in that water, then different kinds of oil will affect the algae in the water in different ways and amounts.
http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/docs/oil/edu/oilspill_book/chap1.pdf
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-algae.htm
http://thomko.squarespace.com/types-of-oil/ <-- find a more reliable source
January 4, 2011
talked to mrs. weissman about other variables I could use in my experiment that would be more original than plants.
ideas
* wind speed
* temperature of water
* type of water (salt, fresh, etc.)
* how high the salt content is in the water
* measured on how fast oil spreadssiteshttp://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=184&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=8&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
http://www.livescience.com/environment/oil-spill-faq-100423.html
January 5, 2011
I talked with a friend in class today and she helped me narrow down my topic ideas to two. I will measure how fast oil spreads in water depending on either wind speed or temperature of water. I did some more online research and found that both topics would work well, so I will have to wait until i can meet with Mrs. Weissman again to make the final decision.
sites
http://news.columbia.edu/record/2068
January 6, 2011
Met with Mrs. Weissman again about project, and we decided that i will be testing how fast oil spreads out depending on the temperature of the water. We also decided that we will have a fan over each of the tanks of water blowing on the same speed to simulate the way an ocean would move. I am now going to do more research on how temperature affects oil.
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Oil-Spills-Impact-on-the-Ocean.html
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/oil-spill-water-chemistry
http://nlquery.epa.gov/epasearch/epasearch?querytext=temperature+of+water+effect+on+oil+spill&fld=&areaname=&typeofsearch=epa&areacontacts=http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comments.htm&areasearchurl=&result_template=epafiles_default.xsl&filter=sample4filt.hts
January 10, 2011
I finished my application today. I spend about three hours in total on it. Below is one of the main sources I used to fill out the first part of my application (about oil variable)
http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Oils1.html
January 11, 2011
Today I handed in my science application at the beginning of class. I found out i wrote more than I needed to. I was supposed to write 200 words total for the first portion of the application, but I wrote 200 words for each variable I talked about. I spent longer on the application than I needed to, but hopefully the extra information will increase my chances of getting accepted.
January 13, 2011
Got my application back
I was accepted on condition, so I will start working on on correcting in. I also need to get work done on my research paper.
January 14, 2011
worked on my intern application corrections in class
January 26, 2011
class- working on filling out experimental design worksheet. Decide that I will have three trials, each one a week long, instead of one 2 week trial. This is because oil spreads fast, and the tanks wont be big enough for the oil to keep spreading over three weeks. I will run out of things to observe after about a week and a half, and then things will most likely look the same after that point. Also decided that date table will look like the following:
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayWater TemperatureSize of Spill (inches)there will be one of these tables for each tank. at the end of teh experiment,there will be 12 different tables. I will then combine them all together into one large table.
questions
1) where should i get motor oil from?
2) how much oil should i put in each tank?
3) help with material list
4) how should i measure the oil spreading( other than ruler/yard stick)?
January 31, 2011
class- looked through science material catalog. talk to mrs. weissman about what materials i need and where to get them
I NEED
* four large, plastic, clear tanks
* a way to keep the water in each tank at the same temperature throughout the experiment
* electric kettle
* motor oil
Feb. 22, 2011
Science Project Experiment
Trial 1, Day 1
* to my surprise, the warmer the water was, the scattered the oil was in the water. The 60° oil split into little bubbles and clusters, the 70° oil spilt up, but not as much as the 60°. The 80 degree barely split up at all, and the oil formed one large perfect circle in the center of the tank.
* experimental error- a lot of water in the 80° tank evaporated. This is because I set up my water environments on monday of last week, but didn't start experimenting until today, six days later.
* the oil for the most part lay on the surface of the water, with the exception of two or three extremely small clumps sitting at the bottom of each of the tanks.
* The colder the water was, the more it spread out. This is exactly the opposite of what I thought would happen.
* oil was liquidy and yellow, looked like melted butter
Trial 1, Day 2
* the oil turned into a lighter thicker substance and spread out more.
* the measurements were gave the same general idea as day 1, the hotter the water, the less the oil spread out
* when the tanks were picked up to be cleaned out for next trial, the water sloshed around and the oil turned back to the original liquidy yellow substance and formed many tiny bubbles.
* clean up was really messy and hard to do. Tanks were really heavy and the water and oil mixture spilled on the floor while being moved.
New Plan for Clean Up- Pick up tank and place it on the ground. Slide the tank slowly along the ground all the way to the sink. Lift up tnk and tip over contents into the sink.
Feb. 28, 2011
Today in school I cleaned out all my tanks and the floor in the prep room where I spilled oil from my last clean up. I then set up my water environments for trial two so I can add my oil and begin recording measurements and observations tomorrow at the start of class.
Trial 2 Day 1
* just like trial one, the oil in the colder tanks spread out more than the oil in the hotter tanks.
* the hotter teh tank, the more circular the main blob is.
* tank 1- four blobs
* tank 2- six blobs
* tank 3- eight blobs
* bubbles are sitting at the bottom of all three tanks
Trial 2 Day 2
* tanks one and two spread out much more than in trial 1
* possible experimental error- i think it is possible that because of difference in temperature in the room I set up my experiment in, the oil spread out more in this trial.
March 3
I cleaned out all three tanks and didn't spill any oil on the floor this time because we brought the tanks to a closer, smaller sink this time so it wasn't as large of a distance to walk. going to wash out tanks tomorrow.
March 7
today I finished cleaning out my tanks. It took a lot of time, but I am getting better at getting the oil out. Will set up my last trial tomorrow and start it on Wednesday.
March 8
Today in class i set up my experiment with the help of Erin. I will start the third trial tomorrow.
topic idea
oil spills in water masses affect plants and animals living in them. so..
If oil in water affects the algae living in that water, then different kinds of oil will affect the algae in the water in different ways and amounts.
http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/docs/oil/edu/oilspill_book/chap1.pdf
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-algae.htm
http://thomko.squarespace.com/types-of-oil/ <-- find a more reliable source
January 4, 2011
talked to mrs. weissman about other variables I could use in my experiment that would be more original than plants.
ideas
* wind speed
* temperature of water
* type of water (salt, fresh, etc.)
* how high the salt content is in the water
* measured on how fast oil spreadssiteshttp://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=184&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=8&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
http://www.livescience.com/environment/oil-spill-faq-100423.html
January 5, 2011
I talked with a friend in class today and she helped me narrow down my topic ideas to two. I will measure how fast oil spreads in water depending on either wind speed or temperature of water. I did some more online research and found that both topics would work well, so I will have to wait until i can meet with Mrs. Weissman again to make the final decision.
sites
http://news.columbia.edu/record/2068
January 6, 2011
Met with Mrs. Weissman again about project, and we decided that i will be testing how fast oil spreads out depending on the temperature of the water. We also decided that we will have a fan over each of the tanks of water blowing on the same speed to simulate the way an ocean would move. I am now going to do more research on how temperature affects oil.
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Oil-Spills-Impact-on-the-Ocean.html
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/oil-spill-water-chemistry
http://nlquery.epa.gov/epasearch/epasearch?querytext=temperature+of+water+effect+on+oil+spill&fld=&areaname=&typeofsearch=epa&areacontacts=http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comments.htm&areasearchurl=&result_template=epafiles_default.xsl&filter=sample4filt.hts
January 10, 2011
I finished my application today. I spend about three hours in total on it. Below is one of the main sources I used to fill out the first part of my application (about oil variable)
http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Oils1.html
January 11, 2011
Today I handed in my science application at the beginning of class. I found out i wrote more than I needed to. I was supposed to write 200 words total for the first portion of the application, but I wrote 200 words for each variable I talked about. I spent longer on the application than I needed to, but hopefully the extra information will increase my chances of getting accepted.
January 13, 2011
Got my application back
I was accepted on condition, so I will start working on on correcting in. I also need to get work done on my research paper.
January 14, 2011
worked on my intern application corrections in class
January 26, 2011
class- working on filling out experimental design worksheet. Decide that I will have three trials, each one a week long, instead of one 2 week trial. This is because oil spreads fast, and the tanks wont be big enough for the oil to keep spreading over three weeks. I will run out of things to observe after about a week and a half, and then things will most likely look the same after that point. Also decided that date table will look like the following:
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayWater TemperatureSize of Spill (inches)there will be one of these tables for each tank. at the end of teh experiment,there will be 12 different tables. I will then combine them all together into one large table.
questions
1) where should i get motor oil from?
2) how much oil should i put in each tank?
3) help with material list
4) how should i measure the oil spreading( other than ruler/yard stick)?
January 31, 2011
class- looked through science material catalog. talk to mrs. weissman about what materials i need and where to get them
I NEED
* four large, plastic, clear tanks
* a way to keep the water in each tank at the same temperature throughout the experiment
* electric kettle
* motor oil
Feb. 22, 2011
Science Project Experiment
Trial 1, Day 1
* to my surprise, the warmer the water was, the scattered the oil was in the water. The 60° oil split into little bubbles and clusters, the 70° oil spilt up, but not as much as the 60°. The 80 degree barely split up at all, and the oil formed one large perfect circle in the center of the tank.
* experimental error- a lot of water in the 80° tank evaporated. This is because I set up my water environments on monday of last week, but didn't start experimenting until today, six days later.
* the oil for the most part lay on the surface of the water, with the exception of two or three extremely small clumps sitting at the bottom of each of the tanks.
* The colder the water was, the more it spread out. This is exactly the opposite of what I thought would happen.
* oil was liquidy and yellow, looked like melted butter
Trial 1, Day 2
* the oil turned into a lighter thicker substance and spread out more.
* the measurements were gave the same general idea as day 1, the hotter the water, the less the oil spread out
* when the tanks were picked up to be cleaned out for next trial, the water sloshed around and the oil turned back to the original liquidy yellow substance and formed many tiny bubbles.
* clean up was really messy and hard to do. Tanks were really heavy and the water and oil mixture spilled on the floor while being moved.
New Plan for Clean Up- Pick up tank and place it on the ground. Slide the tank slowly along the ground all the way to the sink. Lift up tnk and tip over contents into the sink.
Feb. 28, 2011
Today in school I cleaned out all my tanks and the floor in the prep room where I spilled oil from my last clean up. I then set up my water environments for trial two so I can add my oil and begin recording measurements and observations tomorrow at the start of class.
Trial 2 Day 1
* just like trial one, the oil in the colder tanks spread out more than the oil in the hotter tanks.
* the hotter teh tank, the more circular the main blob is.
* tank 1- four blobs
* tank 2- six blobs
* tank 3- eight blobs
* bubbles are sitting at the bottom of all three tanks
Trial 2 Day 2
* tanks one and two spread out much more than in trial 1
* possible experimental error- i think it is possible that because of difference in temperature in the room I set up my experiment in, the oil spread out more in this trial.
March 3
I cleaned out all three tanks and didn't spill any oil on the floor this time because we brought the tanks to a closer, smaller sink this time so it wasn't as large of a distance to walk. going to wash out tanks tomorrow.
March 7
today I finished cleaning out my tanks. It took a lot of time, but I am getting better at getting the oil out. Will set up my last trial tomorrow and start it on Wednesday.
March 8
Today in class i set up my experiment with the help of Erin. I will start the third trial tomorrow.
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