1. List down six research questions to be tested.

2. Each group member should contribute at least one research question to be tested.

3. If you are unable to edit any posts, reply as comments.

Research Question 1

• How foreign objects in water affect its rate of evaporation?

Hannah grace

Research Question 2

• How do different substances change when they are mixed together?

Alden

Research Question 3

• Does the amount of oxygen affect how much water is absorbed by a plant?

<Calista>

Research Question 4

• How does bacteria help in making yogurt?

Seth

Research Question 5

• How does a magnifying glass affect the rate of evaporation of water

<Janelle>

Research Question 6

• How does bacteria help plants grow?

1. Rank the six research questions. Discuss and select the first choice which the group feels is the most doable for the project work. Recall all the considerations during your group discussion:

   • Are there any safety concerns about the experiment?

   • What materials does the project require?

   • Are all the materials and apparatus readily available in the Physical and Life Science Rooms?

   • Is the project idea original? Is the project similar to any Science activity that was conducted previously?

   • What will be the duration taken for the collection of the data?

   
   

2. Submit the first choice research question in the post, ‘Draft Research Question’ below. (Edit post)

   
   

3. Key into Fairbot, this first choice. Evaluate the feedback given by Fairbot on the clarity of the research question. Use Fairbot to refine the research question, if necessary.

   
   

4. If your first choice is not feasible, repeat step 2 - 5 for your second choice. Use prompts in Fairbot to get feedback on each research question until the group has reached a decision on the research question to undertake.

   
   

5. Submit the group's 'Final Research Question' in the post below. (Edit post) In this post, state the change (if any) to the research question that your group has made based on the feedback given by Fairbot and the reason for the change.

   
   

6. Discuss as a group and key in prompts into Fairbot to think ahead about some considerations of the project that you may want to take note of before conducting the hands-on experiment. Key in these considerations in the post, 'Considerations of the Project (based on feedback from Fairbot)' below. (Edit post)

• How does foreign objects affect the rate of evaporation?

• How do foreign objects in water affect the rate of evaporation?

What was the change made to the final research question based on the feedback given by Fairbot (if any)?

• Nothing

Why did the group decide to make this change to the research question?

• Other questions would take more than 1 hour or involved heat

1. Each group member should contribute one entry on Padlet for the individual reflection.

   
   

2. Key onto a Padlet note below, the following:

   • 3 things that you have learnt about project work / designing an experiment thus far

   • 2 things that Fairbot has helped with the project work thus far

   • 1 thing that you wish Fairbot can help you with in project work

• The beaker which contained the biggest item (the stones) had the fastest rate of evaporation of water followed by the beaker with the erasers and then the control set up beaker with only water in it

(2) What concept you can use to explain the results?

• The stones have a greater exposed surface area while the erasers have a smaller exposed surface area

(3) Can you explain the difference in results you had gotten?

• It indicates how the size and type of foreign objects can affect the evaporation of water

(4) Can you compare the differences between results and explain...

• As the stones have a greater size so there is a greater exposed surface area of water created. Hence, the evaporation of water in the beaker of stones was the greatest

(5) Is the results what you had predicted?

• It is the same as what we predicted

(6) What is the relationship between .....

• The larger the surface area of the foreign object, the faster the rate of evaporation of water.