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Mr Caleb Chua
Chan Hui Mui
Tan Shu Qin
Pui Pang Ping
Penny Tok
Wu Jiawen
Hillgrovians
Secondary 3
Weather Studies Project

Just say it.

The Scheldue


150606 - 9 AM, outside staffroom
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220606 - 9 AM, Macdoanlds
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290606 - 3 o'clock, IT resource room
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050706 - Set up exhibition - concord
060706 - Technical run-through
070706 - 7 AM - 5 PM, concord primary
080706 - 10 AM, concord primary
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Observation of soil
(Color, Texture, Moisture)

School's soil
Date Color Texure Moisture
06/01/06 Light Brown Coarse Little
13/01/06 Brown Coarse Yes
20/01/06 Light Brown Coarse Little
27/01/06 Brown Coarse No
03/02/06 Yellowish Brown Fine Yes
10/02/06 Dark Brown Fine Yes
17/02/06 Dark Brown Coarse A lot
24/02/06 Light Brown Fine Little
03/03/06 Light Brown Coarse No
10/03/06 Brown Coarse No

Block 187's soil
Date Color Texure Moisture
03/02/06 Pale Brown Fine Yes
10/02/06 Brown Coarse Yes
17/02/06 Brown Coarse Yes
24/02/06 Greenish Brown Coarse No
03/03/06 Greenish Brown Coarse No
10/03/06 Greenish Brown Coarse No

Block 217's soil
Date Color Texure Moisture
03/02/06 Blackish Brown Fine No
10/02/06 Blackish Brown Coarse Yes
17/02/06 Blackish Brown Coarse Yes
24/02/06 Blackish Brown Coarse No
03/03/06 Blackish Brown Coarse No
10/03/06 Blackish Brown Fine Yes

Block 426's soil
Date Color Texure Moisture
03/02/06 Brown Fine Little
10/02/06 Brown Coarse Yes
17/02/06 Brown Fine Little
24/02/06 Brown Fine No
03/03/06 Brown Fine No
10/03/06 Brown Fine No

Data Collected

Date Avg. Temp Avg. Rainfall Wind Direction
31/12-06/01 26.23 20.17 WNW
07/01-13/01 25.59 37.7 NE
14/01-20/01 27.26 4.74 WNW
21/01-27/01 27.46 3.91 NE
28/01-03/02 28.21 0.26 NE
04/02-10/02 27.11 12.00 NE
11/02-17/02 27.84 2.66 NE
18/02-24/02 28.03 4.86 NE
25/02-03/03 28.71 3.11 NE
04/03-10/03 28.59 1.31 NE
pH meter''s result
Date School Block 187 Block 217 Block 426
03/02/06 4.46 6.24 6.74 7.62
10/02/06 4.56 5.61 5.47 8.05
17/02/06 5.53 5.61 6.18 7.90
24/02/06 4.46 6.21 6.50 8.74
03/03/06 4.53 6.80 6.30 8.68
10/03/06 5.56 6.34 7.08 8.45

Results of the Experiments

Date School Blk 187 Blk 217
06/01/06 Light Brown Coarse Little
13/01/06 Brown Coarse Yes
20/01/06 Light Brown Coarse Little
27/01/06 Brown Coarse No
03/02/06 Yellowish Brown Fine Yes
10/02/06 Dark Brown Fine Yes
17/02/06 Dark Brown Coarse A lot
24/02/06 Light Brown Fine Little
03/03/06 Light Brown Coarse No
10/03/06 Brown Coarse No

Do-you-know facts

Chemicals can be acidic, neutral or basic depending on how many hydrogen ions they have. Hydrogen ions are really just protons, a small particle that has a positive charge. Scientists can find out whether a chemical is acidic, neutral or basic by testing its pH. They use a special paper, called litmus paper, to do the pH test.

MORE FACTS

Acid solutions have a pH of less than 7 (and turns blue litmus paper red) A neutral has a pH of 7. Basic solutions has a pH more than 7 (and turns red litmus blue)

Do you know what pH stands for?

pH means power of hydrogen. Therefore, using litmus paper gives an idea of how much hydrogen or protons is in a solution.

What is an acid?

An acid is a chemical that has plenty of protons in solution. Protons have a positive charge this is what makes a solution acidic solution. Most acid chemicals have a sour taste. In fact, the word "acid" comes from the Latin word acidus which means "sour".
Examples of acids are: lemon juice and vinegar.

What is an alkali?

An alkali the opposite of an acid. It is a chemical that does not have a lot of protons in a solution. Instead, a basic solution which has the ability to accept plenty of protons. An alkalis is a base that can dissolve in water. Examples of alkali are: toothpaste and household cleaners

Testing for pH values

Paper
1. Red Litmus paper
2. Blue Litmus paper
3. Universal Indicator

Solutions
4. Phenolphthaein solution
5. Methyl Orange (pH 2.9-4.6)
6. Bromothymol blue (pH 6.0(yellow) to pH 7.6(blue)

Credits
www.cogltd.com

Our 10 Steps to test soil

1. Wash apparatus with distilled water.
2. Put soil into beaker.


3. Add distilled water into beaker and stir.
4. Placed the folded filter paper on top of a new beaker.

5. Pour the mixture into the filtered paper.

6. Wait for mixture to be filtered.

7. Use a dropper to place various test solutions and paper into six different test tubes.
8. Use another dropper to place filtrate into the six test tubes.

9. Use tweezer to take tested paper out of the test tube to place in zip lock bag
10. Take pictures of tested solution.

Soil Pictures

[Soon, soon, soon]

Locations

School
Block 187
Block 217
Block 426
Tuas area
Jurong Island

For more information

Dirt on soil
Difference between dirt and soil
Soil pH

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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Changing of original hypothesis

the project was alright so far,
though we failed half way,
we came up with more new ideas,
planned to work on a new hypothesis.


the first plan was to test the soil's ph level,
we will usually collect soil from our school compound.
Then we will test the soil's ph level using different indicators,
such as;

Blue Litmus Papers,

Red Litmus Papers,

Universal Indicator,

Bromothymyl Blue Solution,

phenel something

and

Methyl orange.



But after several tests were done,
the ph level of the soil seems to be the same througout,
we had the sample indicators in the log book itself.
all of the indicators indicated that the ph level for the soil was near neutral.
around say, ph 7.

so we thought it would be boring if we couldnt conclue something that people dont know,
or some facts that maybe we conclude,
then prove it out to let people know.
that way the whole project would be much more interesting.
of course you will know that the soil's ph level is affected by its surrounding,
wheather is it rain, wind, or anything of the weather.

However, knowing that the ph level of the SCHOOL'S soil is neutral we decided to make use of soil from different locations,

(maps of different loaction would be up soon.)

if you'd realise,
the different locations are all located in the west,
nearer to the industrial area-
JURONG ISLAND.

from this point, we can find out wheather the industrial area will contribute factors that affect the soil.

YES ! what a great idea you'll say.

so come back to find out more about how industrial areas will affect the soil quality.
pictures will be posted.
find out about our experiments from the more information section.
or just simply click here.

HERE.



posted by Anonymous at 1:45 PM