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Science Fair Procedures Aka Investigative Formative Research
Science Fair Procedures Aka Investigative Formative Research
Period4
Ms.Orosz
11/3/16
InvestigativeFormativeResearch
Hypothesis:
Ifweputtheyeastintotherootbeer,thentheballoonwillexpandandbecomebiggerthanthe
othersbecausethereismoresugarintherootbeerthananyotherliquid,sotheyeastwill
probablyreactandproducemorecarbondioxide.
Materials:
Quantity:
Drinks(water,tea,milk,rootbeer,apple
juice)
1cupofeachdrink
Fleischmann'sActiveDryYeast
10packets(2packetsforeachliquid)
PlasticWaterBottles
5bottles
Balloons
1pack(youjustneed5fortheexperiment)
Table:onethatissturdy/stabilizedandcan
holdweightonit
1largetable/flattableispreferable
Stopwatch
1watch
RubberBand
5rubberbands(maybeextrasifsomebreak)
TapeMeasure
1tapemeasure
Procedures:
1. Prepareyourwaterbottlesbytakingoffanylabelthatmightaffecttheviewofthe
reactionandmakesurenothingotherthanwaterhasbeeninthebottles
2. Placethepreparedwaterbottlesontoatable
3. Pourinaliquid(water,applejuice,milk,ornoncarbonatedrootbeer)intothewater
bottle
a. Ifyouarepouringintherootbeer,decarbonizeitbypouringoutalittlebitofthe
rootbeerfromitsoriginalcontainer
b. Squeezethebottleuntilthesodareachesthetopofthebottle,thenquicklyscrew
thecapbackonwithoutlettingthesodaleveldrop
c. Shakethebottlevigorouslytoreleasethecarbonation
d. Unscrewthecapandwhatyouenduphavingisnoncarbonizedrootbeer
4. Separatelyandcarefully,filltheballoonupwithyour2packetsofyeast
5. Takethefilledupballoonandcarefullyattachittothetopofyourbottlewithoutletting
anyoftheyeastfallin
6. Tiptheballoonoversoalltheyeastfallsinandcarefullyshakethebottlesothetwo
substancescombinewithoutgettingtheliquidintotheballoon
7. Startthestopwatchrightwhenyoucombinetheyeastandtheliquid
8. Whenthestopwatchreaches15minutes(dontstopthetime),measurethecircumference
oftheballoonwithatapemeasure
9. Recordyourdataonatable
10. Repeatsteps8and9in15minuteintervalsuntilyoureachthemaximumtimeof2hours
(stopthestopwatch)
11. Repeatsteps310,butwithdifferentliquids
12. Createalinegraphthatincludesthemeasurementsoftheballoonsforeachliquidandthe
timetheyweremeasuredat
13. Createaconclusionparagraphabouthowthedatasupportsordoesntsupportyour
hypothesis
Manipulated/IndependentVariable:[changed]
Eachofthedifferentliquids
Responding/DependentVariable:[measured]
AmountofCarbondioxide/CO2thatisproducedfromchemicalreaction
ControlledVariable:[keptthesame]
Yeastbrand
Amountofyeast
Amountofliquid
Balloonbrand
Plasticwaterbottlesize,shape,andbrand
Sameplace/environmentandtemperature(roomtemperature)