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Mary’s College of Meycauayan

Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020
FIRST SEMESTER

SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT PROPOSAL

CHAYOTE SAP AS GLUE

BAUTISTA, ALLISA MARIE

BUELLA, KYLA MAY
PAPA, FIDES BETTINA
A. Rationale
Chayote (Sechium edule), also known as Cho-Cho in the West Indies and Shu-Shu in
Malawi, is a climbing vine which produces avocado-sized fruits. These gourd-like fruits (which
are technically considered to be ‘vegetables’) can be eaten fresh like a cucumber or cooked like
a squash. The leaves may also be cooked and eaten as a vegetable and their consistency
strongly resembles that of cooked pumpkin leaves.
When you eat chayote; where do you throw the inedible parts? In the trash can?
Instead of decomposing it, why not use it in a productive way?
Remember that white sap that is excreted when you slice a chayote is sticky and it can
also cause stain in your clothes. In short it is adhesive.

B. Research Questions
This study wants to find out if the chayote saps a good and effective component in making
paste.
1. How long will be the effect of the paste?
2. On what object the paste will be useful?
3. Is the paste will be productive?p

Hypothesis
Some glue has a long lasting sticky effect and there are some that is only for a short time. But
picking what glue to use still depends on the object that the glue will be used on. Making glue
out of a sap of an inedible part of a vegetable like Chayote makes it productive as it is.

C. Procedure
1. Extract the sap from the chayote
2. In a separate bowl mix the wheat flour (10g) in a hot water (20ml)
3. Stir the mixture until it reached the desired consistency
4. Mix the chayote sap (10g) with the wheat flour and hot water, then stir for 5 minutes.
5. Put the mixture into an airtight container.

Risk and Safety

Using organic ingredients as a substitute for chemical ingredients is more safe to use as a glue
specially for kids.

D. Bibliography
Kristof, A. (2012). Plant of the Week–Chayote. Retrieved August 07, 2019, from
http://www.neverendingfood.org/plant-of-the-week-chayote/
Luxe, R. J. (2013). Multi-Alternative Paste - Made From 100% Jack Fruit Sap. Retrieved August
4, 2019, from https://prezi.com/m/7tswelittr8y/multi-alternative-paste-made-from-100-jack-fruit-
sap