Open ended investigation....help! (1 Viewer)

[jessica.gilroy]

we have to do an open ended investigation where we research anything and i don't know what to research!? i have noooooo idea?!!! ahhh!!!???
please help if anyone has any ideas...or even just a clue of what i have to do...?
muchly appreciated!!

 

[xiao1985]

open ended? can it be ANY thing?

then you are better off doing something which you enjoy... jazz music, movie, tv show, soapie....

 

[Forbidden.]

wheres the chemsitry ?

 

[Bacilli]

How about providing us with an outline? Woman...

 

[jessica.gilroy]

Sory! here's what she gave us


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<O--Describes the chemical basis of energy transformations in chemical reactions
<O--Assesses the range of factors which influence the type and rate of chemical reactions Analyses stoichiometric relationships
--<OUses terminology and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding
--<OAssesses the validity of conclusions from gathered data and information
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1.Design and carry out an experiment to investigate a problem of your choice.<O</O
2. Keep a journal for this project. (5%)
3. Ensure the tests you do are fair tests.<O</O
4.Write up a practical report of your findings under the following headings: Title, Aim, Hypothesis, Equipment/Materials, Method, Results, Discussion (Analysis of your Results), Conclusion and Bibliography. (5%)<O</O
5. Presentation of your project to an audience in either one of the following forms: (5%)
· Power point presentation<O</O
· Large presentation board

 

[jessica.gilroy]

help?!

 

[xiao1985]

hmmm... a calorimeter maybe?

 

[Crashy19]

argh, i need help with that too. do we do a dot point from the syllabus, or a smaller dot point thing or what?? it seems we have go it with a lot of time so does that signify it should be big, or just detailed?
i dont know what to do...

??anyone??

 

[xiao1985]

or even pH meter (refer to definition of acid)

 

[Crashy19]

my teacher said to do it on a topic that you're interested in... or that you don't know so well so you can help yourself with it.

i don't know if that helps at all

 

[xiao1985]

my teacher said to do it on a topic that you're interested in... or that you don't know so well so you can help yourself with it.

i don't know if that helps at all

it sounded open ended... which shouldn't be too hard except for the "chemistry knowledge -> technology" part. ... if you are doing shipwrecks, thought about electrochemistry -> electrolysis?

 

[Crashy19]

im doing water just because i was away for it and its the only thing in chem i was looking forward to at all... (that would be right)

i wanted 2 do shipwrecks but we are doing industrial coz its "short and easy" or so ive been told

 

[xiao1985]

water? you mean monitoring water quality? or water, a prelim chem course?

 

[Forbidden.]

im doing water just because i was away for it and its the only thing in chem i was looking forward to at all... (that would be right)

i wanted 2 do shipwrecks but we are doing industrial coz its "short and easy" or so ive been told

what ??? i disagree with that, our chemistry teacher (happy retirement sir !!) said industrial chemistry is hard (and I agree) ... shipwrecks is definitely the easy one.

 

[Season]

Investigate plastics

here is a home made recipe for plastic
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpMakingPlastic.htm

here is another one

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/plasticmilk.html


I suggest you research plastic do some crap on that


but then the recipes aren't specific about amounts to use, or whether to use skim/full cream/lite milk. Vary the reciipe and then do tests on how it affects the plastic you have

then explain using chemistry

make a set of tests for the plastic, like durability, have a look around to see what are good qualties to have in plastic...


then you can investigate what is the best recipe to use for the various recipes you have created

 

[Crashy19]

water? you mean monitoring water quality? or water, a prelim chem course?

ar sorry water quality monitoring, i forgot we did water in yr11, it seems so long ago, well for chemistry anyway

 

[Tiffanys]

explosives



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive



safe bet.

 

[Crashy19]

i have a sheet that says for the research part:

1 current thinking in your area
2 chemistry concepts
3 environmental implications
4 future directions for research

if that helps for basic ideas on your area
(although i don't particuarly understand them myslef but i suppose that is what the teacher is there for...questions...and listening to my confusion of the whole subject)

 

[xiao1985]

Wait, hand on. I'm confused what you are asking now. You are asked to do an open ended research on water. And on the sheet it has above 4 dot points. Is my interpretation correct so far?!

 

[Crashy19]

Wait, hand on. I'm confused what you are asking now. You are asked to do an open ended research on water. And on the sheet it has above 4 dot points. Is my interpretation correct so far?!

Well, we have an open ended question and i chose water.
the dot points were given as a starting point, and to help us collect and organise the correct info
but we can do anything from the HSC syllabus