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Sunday, September I drove to Kennesaw While I was explaining
24, 2017 State University to my experimental design, 12 pm-1 pm, meet with my which was to use 1 hour facilitator, Mr. different substances to Crocker who’s an with varying acidity assistant professor levels to measure the there. On that day, growth of yeast, Mr. he lectured me on Crocker pointed out a how to correctly major problem with that format my research design. He explained that paper. He provided if I use different me topics to substances, such as coke research on and and vinegar, an gave me a briefly ingredient in that ideas to focus on substance could have while researching. impacted the growth of yeast instead of the acidity. Therefore, we had to change the experimental design to reduce cofounding variables.
Sunday, September I met with my When I got home, I
17, 2017 facilitator, Mr. realized how many 12 pm-1 pm Crocker, for the first options I have on where 2 hours time. That day, we to begin with my asked and answered research paper and what questions about each to base my experiment other and got to on. Thanks to Mr. know a little bit Crocker’s explanation about each other’s about ksu’s library page, personality. He I knew exactly where to taught me how to begin and where to find navigate through the information I am Kennesaw State looking for. University’s library page to help me find useful information on where to begin with my research paper.
Wednesday, On that day, I spent At home, I spent about
October 4, 2017 some time at the 30 minutes researching 1:20 pm – 2:10 pm school’s library on different way to 6 pm – 7:10 pm attempting to find improve my experimental 2 hours books related to my design that’ll ensure my research, books safety and that I finish particularly based on my experiment on time. cell growth, The reason the previous chemistry and experiment had a safety astronomy. Later at caution was because it home, I used the dealt with possible information I found hazardous chemicals in some books to therefore my facilitator build on the outline advised me to refrain for the research. from performing that design. 2nd Log 2nd Log 2nd Log 2nd Log Wednesday, While searching for While researching, I November 1st, 2017 articles for the expected I would locate 7:00pm – 9:30pm research part of this relevant articles with 2 hours, 30 minutes project, I stumbled ease, yet when I started upon a scholarly researching, I found it a source which bit challenging. explains how ph levels, and other factors, affect cell growth. This reveals part of an article about how different factors affect cell growth. Saturday, Because yeast will As thought about it, it November 4th, be the subject for the became clear why it is 2017 experiment, my easier to use yeast as the 10:00am – facilitator advised experimental subject. 12:00pm me to research about Because they are similar 2 hours yeast and include to a human cell, therefore background I can relate the results of information on it in the experiment to human my research paper. cells and make conclusions about the impact of ph on human cells based on the impact of ph on yeast cells. Written by NASA experts, this article provides background information about yeast.
Sunday, On that day, my I did not realize how
November 12th, facilitator, Mr. specific I had to be in 2017 Crocker, and I creating my experimental 4:00pm – 5:00pm discussed about the design until I began 1 hour basis of my designing it. Also, Mr. experiment. Mr. Crocker informed me Crocker helped me about a key variable that decide which I did not account for: The substances yeast conductor of the should grow in, how experiment must remain to measure the oblivious to which growth, substance is which due observational and the fact that the taking mass, and conductor has to identify realize that I need to each substance by specify every detail. observing the growth of The notes I took yeast from decreasing to served as the basis increasing. for my experimental design. Based on the notes I took while Mr. Crocker spoke, I designed my experiment. Tuesday, While I waited Mr. While I was looking for November 14th, Crocker to approve vinegar, one of the 4 2017 or change the 1st substances in the 5:00pm – 5:30pm draft of my experiment, I felt 30 minutes experiment, I knew ambivalent because I what materials I could only find distilled needed to execute vinegar therefore I was the experiment unsure if that would therefore I bought contain the right amount them. of acidity (it contained 5%). It was challenging to find ammonia, but Walmart proved to be my savior.
I bought the materials I needed for the
experiment. 3rd Log 3rd Log 3rd Log 3rd Log Thursday Today I began my During this, I worried December 7th, experiment as part about pouring too much 2017 of my research into the container 7:30 am to 8:10 am paper. I measured because then I would 40 minutes out the correct have to carefully remove amount of sugar I some substances to get to needed for that part the true value of the of the experiment weight of the substance I using a weighing need to use in the machine as this will experiment. give accurate results. Scientists need to get the same results over and over again to confirm the result.
To gain accurate and consistent results, I had to
use a weighing machine to measure out the correct mass in grams. Friday December 8th, 2017 7:45am to 8:10am 40 minutes
I used the thermometer to sustain the temperature
at a certain degree and record if any changes occure at a specific temperature. Monday I used the format of While researching, the January 1, the research paper, only thing I struggled 2017 provided to me by with was finding 5:30pm to 11:30pm my facilitator, to scholarly or creditable 6 hours begin writing my resources. paper. I finished half and left half for when I get the results from my experiment