Tristan Hayden
Partner for Lab: Chai'leice
Date of Lab: 8/25/14
Saving Candy with Candy
Our goal for this experiment was to save a gummy worm named Fred from his tipped over boat (cup, which he was on) and get him into his life raft (gummy ring) that is under the boat without physically picking him or the boat up with your hands. The materials we got to use were 4 paper clips and that was all. \
PROCEDURE IS ON HANDOUT
1.) Why is it important in science to follow an agreed-upon procedure?
In order to avoid bad communication which can result in failure.
2.) Why is it important to document your procedure and any errors or differences?
The tiniest of ignorance to detail can result in failure.
3.) Why do we not normally have food in chemistry class?
The tables will contaminate your food that you drop,
Fred Life Preserver Boat 7.7g 75mg 266ml 9cm35mm 26 cm
We measured Fred with a ruler and weighed him on a scale.
We weighed the life preserver in grams and then converted them into milligrams by moving the decimal point to the right 3 times since 1 gram is 1000 milligrams. The diameter of the life preserver was 35mm long and we measured with cm first and then converted them into millimeters by moving the decimal point to the right one time since 1cm is 10m.
The boat could contain 266ml and the circumference was 26cm since pi times the diameter equaled the circumference.
The conclusion to this project was that the actual objective was not so difficult to complete but it was more about the calculations and why it worked, not what we actually did.
I theorized that we would not be able to physically pick up the boat with the paperclips but instead use a more clever approach and work off what we had. The theory actually further developed into using the paper clips to acquire Fred and the life reserver and using them both at the same time.
An error that we encountered was that we always would not be delicate and we would end up being to harsh with Fred and the life reserver and we weren't capable of keeping our hands steady.
Partner for Lab: Chai'leice
Date of Lab: 8/25/14
Saving Candy with Candy
Our goal for this experiment was to save a gummy worm named Fred from his tipped over boat (cup, which he was on) and get him into his life raft (gummy ring) that is under the boat without physically picking him or the boat up with your hands. The materials we got to use were 4 paper clips and that was all. \
PROCEDURE IS ON HANDOUT
1.) Why is it important in science to follow an agreed-upon procedure?
In order to avoid bad communication which can result in failure.
2.) Why is it important to document your procedure and any errors or differences?
The tiniest of ignorance to detail can result in failure.
3.) Why do we not normally have food in chemistry class?
The tables will contaminate your food that you drop,
Fred Life Preserver Boat 7.7g 75mg 266ml 9cm35mm 26 cm
We measured Fred with a ruler and weighed him on a scale.
We weighed the life preserver in grams and then converted them into milligrams by moving the decimal point to the right 3 times since 1 gram is 1000 milligrams. The diameter of the life preserver was 35mm long and we measured with cm first and then converted them into millimeters by moving the decimal point to the right one time since 1cm is 10m.
The boat could contain 266ml and the circumference was 26cm since pi times the diameter equaled the circumference.
The conclusion to this project was that the actual objective was not so difficult to complete but it was more about the calculations and why it worked, not what we actually did.
I theorized that we would not be able to physically pick up the boat with the paperclips but instead use a more clever approach and work off what we had. The theory actually further developed into using the paper clips to acquire Fred and the life reserver and using them both at the same time.
An error that we encountered was that we always would not be delicate and we would end up being to harsh with Fred and the life reserver and we weren't capable of keeping our hands steady.