3. VARIABLES: Be clear to define exactly what you are controlling and measuring.
(What I control) Independent: I will choose drinking water, tap water, and swimming pool
water. My positive control would be dirty water.
(What I keep the same) Control Variables: Alway keep the beaker clean, make sure my
hand is clean before doing the experiment, use only 1 type of pH paper to see the average
of the outcome more easily, and make sure that there is nothing in the water.
Activities that cause water to become polluted or contaminated are oil pollution and
sewage and wastewater. Wastewater polluted water by, mostly come from our used
water and most of this goes back to the environment. Most common place that
wastewater will go is the river, and these river flow the water back into the ocean. Oil
pollution polluted the water by it can make the water dirty and it can make fish dies.
5. REQUIREMENTS (list)
List the materials needed for your experiment.
● Beaker
● pH stripes
● Gloves
6. SAFETY
Write any safety concerns below (list)
1. Be careful with the beaker
2. Wear gloves
3. Make sure that beakers are clean after the experiment.
7. METHOD (List)
Write a detailed step by step guide on how you will prepare and do the laboratory. Make
sure to include how you are going to control your variables. Imagine someone else will be
following your instructions so make sure they are clear, in order, and not missing any steps.
Positive Control 3 3 3 3 3
8. ANALYSIS (Paragraph): What trends (patterns) can you find in the data, now you have plotted your
graphs?
The means of the water sample are mostly about the same. But there is only one type of water that
the means is not the same and that is a positive control. Means of the positive control are 3 but most
of the water is about the same, especially tap water and drinking water. The average mean of tap
water is about 8.75 and drinking water is about 7.25. But the mean of pool water is about the middle.
I think I did measure accurately because I measure 4 times for each water, so I think I did measure
accurately. I can find that tap and drinking water are about the same, except for pool water and
positive control.
My hypothesis did support the trend in means because my hypothesis said that the pH value is not
the same in each type of the water, and the outcome of all the mean of water aren’t the same
either. I think I would want to try other drinking water for other companies to compare which
one is the best and which one of these water is clean.
B. Suggest changes in the method that can improve the accuracy, or reliability, of
the experiment.
a. Next time I will measure something else (Example of this would be iron or
acid) because I think only measure pH the result is not that much accurate
as doing iron or acid and also I will bring more water to test for the next
time so I can compare the water easier.
REFERENCES
Include the reference of the consulted sources, according to the teacher’s instructions.
Denchak, M. (2019, November 13). Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know.
Retrieved December 11, 2019, from
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/water-pollution-everything-you-need-know.