Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Decided :D

I've decided to go with the kite one; "How does the material of a kite affect its flight?"
I'm not sure if it would be too easy... need your "okay", Ms Zhang.

Investigating whether the material of a kite will affect its flight.

Method:
  1. Gather materials and equipment such as; wire, fabric, cardboard, scissors, etc.
  2. Use specific measurements so that all the kites are the same size and shape.
  3. Use wire to make the shape of the kite and use the ball of string as the rope.
  4. Fly each kite and record observations like how high each one flew, how fast each kite flew.
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 a few more times to verify answers.
The independent variable would be the material of the kite and dependent variable would be the distance and height it flies as stated in previous post.

More ideas?

Some more ideas:
  • How does the material of a kite affect its flight?
    Independent variable - material of the kite
    Dependent variable - flight of the kite
  • How different soils affect a plant seed's growth
    Independent variable - different types of soil
    Dependent variable - seed
I think I might do the first one but it might be a bit easy. I could make different kites of lots of different materials and test them out.

Oh whattt

Oh no D: I didn't know we had to be active on this blog... well here are some of my ideas for SRP that I've been considering:
  • Do all types of bread have the same mould?
    Independent variable - bread(?)
    Dependent variable - type of mould grown
  • Effectiveness of garlic in fighting bacteria
    Independent variable - garlic
    Dependent variable - growth/decline in bacteria
  • What effect do magnets have on the growth of seedlings?
    Independent variable - magnets
    Dependent variable - growth of seedlings
I didn't want to do plants because everyone does it but it's really hard to find a good experiment and my brain capacity is just not big enough to think of a creative one. Would these be too easy?