MacromoleculesResearch
I.Objective:Determinewhetherspecificmacromoleculesarepresentinsolutions.
Performcertaintestsonthesecalledindicators.
II.Background:Beforewedidtheexperiment,ourbackgroundincludedpreparation
andawareness.Wewouldtelleachotherwhattodo,andwheretodoso.Thelabincluded chemicals,soweneededtowearourgoggles.Mixingandheatingwouldalsobeinvolved, sothatiswhywewereawareandpreparedatthesametimeforthecertainexperiment.
III.Hypothesis:Therewillbenohypothesisforthisexperiment. IV.ExperimentalDesign:
Materials:
TestTubes Tongs Scrubs Racks Water Heaters Chemicals Goggles
Procedure:
1.ReadDirections,paycloseattention. 2.Wearanyneededsafety,[ex.goggles.] 3.Prepareeachteammateforacertainheldtest. 4.Starttestbyreadingthetestinstructions,and followdirectionscarefully. 4.Grabchemicals,mix,heat,test. 5.Writedownresults. 6.Cleanupthetesttube,andrestartfrom#4.
Variables:
Theindependantvariableintheinvestigationistheunknownsolutions.
Thedependantvariableintheinvestigationisthereactionsbetweenunknown solutionsandindicators.
Constants:
Partsintheinvestigationskeptconstantwerethetesttubesandunknownsolutions. Thetesttubesbecauseweobviouslyneededtoreuseaftereachindicator.The unknownsolutionsbecauseweconstantlykeptreusingthemfordifferentindicators.
Control:Thecontrolintheinvestigationwasthedistilledwater.
V.Data&ObservationsTable#1:Results:
Solutions A B C D Control
SugarTest + +
StarchTest +
ProteinTest
LipidTest + + +
+ +
VI.Analysis:ExplainWhatHappened?
Thedatashowsthattherehasbeenwaymorenegativesthenthere werepositives.Ithinkthisisbecauseofthedistilledwater.The
VII.Conclusions:(56sentencesper.)
TheDataShowsThat: Inmyobservations,thedataIhadlistedhasshownmanyofthe indicatorslistedasnegative.Therewasmorenegativesthen positives.Intotal,therewere20teststakes.Sevenofthosetests werelistedaspositive,whiletheother13werelistedasnegative. TheResultsCouldHaveBeenAffectedBy: Thedatahasshownmanynegatives,assaidtwicebefore.There couldhavebeenlotsoffactorsduetothisproblem.Inmydefinite opinion,Iknowthedatawasaffectedbythecontrol.Thecontrolin thiscasewasthedistilledwater.Iamnottosurewhythedistilled waterhasdonethis,whileitwasstillthecontrol.Amazingresultsto me,infact. TheResultsAreUseful: Thefactthatthedatatablehasshownalltheimportantpartsofthe investigation,suchasnegativesandpositives,automaticallymakesit thegrandoneforthewholeexperiment.Theseresultsgiveninout datatableareusefulbecauseittellsuswhichcanbecombined,and whichcantbe.Thatisprettymuchtheexactsamethingaswhich oneswerenegative,(unuseful),andwhichoneswerepositive, (useful). TheInvestigationCouldHaveBeenImprovedBy: Theanswertothisquestionisdefinitelysimpletome.Isaidthatit wasaffectedbythecontrol,whichwasthedistilledwater.Ifwehad
usedsomethingdifferentthanthedistilledwater,suchasnormal waterorevenvinegar,outresultscouldhavebeenmoreprecise. Thewaythattheresultscouldhavebeenmorepreciseisbecauseit willshowthatwewillautomaticallyhavewaymorepositivesinstead ofseven,whichinthiscase,sevenwasournumberofpositivesout ofthebig20. QuestionsForFurtherResearchInclude: Whatwouldhappenedifweuseregulartapwaterinsteadofdistilled water? Wasthewholeproblemtothisinvestigationreallycausedbythe control? Whatwouldhappenifweusedvinegarinsteadofanykindofwater forthecontrol? Whydidwehavemorenegativesthanwedidpositives? Whatwerethefourunknownsolutions? Whatwouldhappenedifthefourunknownsolutionshaveeachbeen changedtoanewdifferentsolution? Canyoudescribehowandwhatthefourunknownsolutionswere? Howwouldyoudescribethedistilledwaterandallthechemicals usedinthisexperiment? Canyouselectthebestunknownsolutionusedintheexperiment?