Project is up and running!

I forgot to blog about this but two days ago, I started my practical !

Results should be up soon.

And so it goes on...

I'm doing some last minute research, to make sure that I'm ready when I actually do my experiment.

I'm thinking I will start possibly on Wednesday this week, as I have all my materials finally. I need to get started before the eggs get expired, which is mid June!

Finally!

YAY! Thursday night late shopping, finally bought my food colouring dye!

I will start to measure out all the quantities tomorrow :)

My modified method.

A little bit of alliteration going on there ayee...

Okay, so here's my modified method:

Hypothesis: The most effective way to dye an egg is that which uses a pure non-concentrated solution.

Aim: To investigate which dye is the most effective in dying eggs.

Equipment:

Fabric dye

A dozen eggs (hard boiled)

Food colouring

Lemon juice

Water

Plastic cups

Glad wrap

Organic dye

Ochre dye

Method:

1. Collect all equipment

2. Set up equipment as follows:

- One egg per cup, one type of dye in each cup

- Three tablespoons of the testing dye in each cup

- Make sure cups are labelled with a sharpie as to which dye it contains

3. Place all equipment in the same conditions, room temperature

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3, however, now add one tablespoon of water to each cup

5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, however, now add one tablespoon of lemon juice to each cup

6. Record all observations.

I am still working on how I will record my observations. I think I am most likely to tabulate my information.

I'll keep you posted !

Added

I think I will add a step 5 to my method.

I will repeat the experiment at the bare minimum of two times, three times if necessary.

All the equipment I need is easy to access, so if anything does go wrong, I can always just buy more. I also need to consider human error issues, but I will post about this later.

I will refine my method again, once I have bought all my ingredients.

I have bought my eggs though!

Method

I realised that I forgot to include a hypothesis for my last blog entry about my method.

Hypothesis: The most effective way to dye an egg is that which uses a pure non-concentrated solution.

To test this I will use undiluted dyes, and I will compare it to eggs soaked in diluted dyes, that contain water and lemon juice.

My method needs to be improved somewhat and I will be reviewing it over the next few days.

Re-reading the criteria

Yes, I am re-reading the blog submission right at this hour, checking that I have met it.

I have my climate graph, and I have remained somewhat active on my blog, mind you I did go away to New Caledonia, and I will re-visit my method in this post, half of it anyway.

My method, as previously posted, will be starting hopefully this weekend.

I have finally bought the food colouring but I am unsure whether I should buy more than three different types of dye. I currently have two fabric dyes, RIT and Dylon, so I am still thinking about which one to use, or maybe to use both. I may use organic dye or ochre as my fourth and fifth dyes for the experiment.

As for my method, with my equipment being all fully purchased by end of this week, I should be able to attempt my first lot of the experiment.

This is my plan so far; with notes here and there:

Aim: To investigate which dye is the most effective in dying eggs.

In the experiment, I will change various factors such as length of time period soaked in the dye, as well as the type of concentrate the dye is in. At this point in time, with some further research, I will be adding substances such as lemon juice and water to the dye to see the effect on the dyeing process.

Equipment:

Fabric dye

A dozen eggs (hard boiled)

Food colouring

Lemon juice

Water

Plastic cups

Glad wrap

Organic dye

Ochre dye

Method:

1. Collect all equipment

2. Set up equipment as follows:

- One egg per cup, one type of dye in each cup

- Make sure cups are labelled with a sharpie as to which dye it contains

3. Place all equipment in the same conditions, preferably room temperature, possibly consider placing one in the sun to change variable?

4. Record all observations.

Now, obviously this is just a draft of my method, and it will need to be revised again later today.

Few last minute touches

I've finally put my climate graph on my usb and now can paste it onto my blog, so here it is!

I've made a border around it, labelled each axis and used even increments.

Extra Research

With my experiment to start within the next week, I think I will need to conduct some extra research as well. I need to look up the chemicals that I have found in the dyes and what their properties are as well.

I also need to reconsider how long I should leave each egg in the dye before it has been effectively dyed. I am thinking that I may do the experiment several times, with different time lengths. As in, I will place the egg for a shorter period of time, and then increase it, to see if this has any effect on the colour.

Most of my equipment finally bought

I know it has been a slow process, but I've realised I've got to get cracking!

Our final submission is due sometime in June, so I must allow myself at least a month of experiment time. I've started writing up my introduction and I believe that I will commence my experiment this weekend.

So far, I have bought my eggs, two different types of fabric dye and I am yet to buy food colouring. I have considered the colours of which to dye my eggs. I have chosen two, a pink and a green, because I believe these two colours show up well.

So as to keep the variables the same, I will attempt to use the same amount of dye in each cup that I will place the egg in.

Later today, I will insert the graph which we were to complete in our SRP lesson.