NTS: Need to get started.

We got back our first markings for our blogs. I'm quite content with my mark of 13/15. Can't complain (: You only get back what you put in.

Anyway, I must copy the graph we completed in class and upload it onto my blog really soon. I'll just have to put it on my USB.

We have two weeks of school holidays, but I'll only be there for a bit less than half of them. I'm hoping that in the second week, I can start my experiment. I will just have to buy the materials I need.

Time, equipment and conclusion.

I'm pretty sure that as discussed from my previous posts, if I change the variables, I will be able to manage this during the amount of time we have been given. I am also certain that I will be able to conclude which sort of dye is most effective in dyeing eggs by the end of this experiment.

The equipment I will need can be bought. I will probably place each egg with the dye in a plastic container, simple to buy. The eggs and dye can all be bought.

And I think that's all I have to say for now.

And Another Thing.

With my SRP, I may even decide to test out different sorts of eggs as well. Is it possible that organic eggs could have a different sort of shell to normal free range eggs that would affect how dye is absorbed? And possibly, if the solutions of dye I get, I mix with water or some sort of acid, will that affect the dyeing process?

I think these sorts of questions can help me to improve my experiment and allow me to investigate all sorts of different properties.

I shall keep you posted!

It's Time To Face The Music

Yes, now here's to describing which experiment I think I will complete.

I have opted to go with the investigation of dyeing eggs for Easter, seeing as Easter is fast approaching.

My hypothesis, I imagine will be something along the lines of: Different types of dyes and heat can play a role in the colour of dyeing an egg.

Here is the method I think I will follow.

Equipment:

Half a dozen pack of eggs

Food dye

Hair dye

Natural ochre

Protein dye (uses acid)

1. Place all eggs in the same conditions, on a ledge inside a room at room temperature and only changing the type of dye.

2. Keep one egg as a control.

3. Leave the eggs in each different dye for the same amount of time (I will still have to research how long this period should be).

4. Observe and record the results.

5. Conduct steps 1-4 again, however changing the location of the eggs. Place the eggs into sunlight as absorbing the dye.

6. Conduct steps 1-4 again, however placing the eggs in artificial light.

7. Conduct steps 1-4 again, however placing the eggs in the fridge.

D-Day Today

I have been looking through the Year 10 Student Research Project booklet throughout the past few days, trying to decide on a topic with which I can actually execute all of the processes in the booklet with.

I have found a couple of experiments which interest me. From the project ideas given to us from Ms Zhang, I found two to be of interest.

• Finding the best way to store digital photographs printed from your computer and
• Investigate the most effective way of dyeing eggs for Easter.

In the first experiment mentioned, the independent variable is photographs printed from the computer. The dependent variable is areas or places in which you store the digital photographs.

In the second experiment mentioned, the independent variable is egg. The dependent variable is the different types of dyes you would use to dye the egg.

D-Day soon

The last few days of SRP blogging approach us, and yes, sadly, I am yet to decide on which project to do. There has been much discussion between classmates as to what to do. Some people have decided, some I recall saying they would do an experiment to do with plants and how they grow in different conditions, such as artificial sunlight or in different types of soil. I have looked again at the lists of suggestions given to us by Ms Zhang and I will have to choose which one to use tonight.