Newsletter Date 4/27/2010 X Perience Science

Mr. Johnston’s “G” Block 6th Grade Science Class

Does doing what you want to do, hurt your result in the moodle math trainer?-
Yeon Soo

Inside this issue: Hypothesis: No. I don't think it
will hurt, but I think after I play,
I think I will have a better score
Math Trainer Exercises by 1 then the one I did before I
Yeon Soo played.
Procedure: I will stay up late,
2
and then, when I am sleepy, I
Improving plant growth
will do 1 minute math trainer,
by Chozen
12x12 table. then after doing
what I enjoy, I will try math
Survey: Favorite Stories 2
trainer again, and compare the
by Ronald
result.
Conclusion: My hypothesis does
not support my data because I
Music and Studying by 4
thought I will have a better
Willy
score after playing, but my data
proved that after you play, your
mind gets distracted, and you
have a harder chance solving
questions correctly. The feed-
back my partner, Sufiah gave
me didn’t really help, because
even if I did more sample size,
the result had turned out to be
the same. Another conclusion
that I have is that we should not
do what we want to do before
we do the multiplication thingy.
The 3rd conclusion that I have
that is I discovered that, if you
enjoy doing the multiplication,
you will get better scores.
Follow up Questions:
1. Will it be different when I
make the time longer for the
math trainer?
2. Will it be different if I did it
earlier than when I am sleepy?
3. Will it be different for others,
and if I tested other people?
My Data (Before and After)
Day 1— 37/38, 27/27
Day 2— 34/36, 32/35
Day 3— 33/36, 34/34
Day 4— 39/41, 39/40
Day 5— 39/39,31/32
Day 6— 36/37, 28/29
Day 7— 38/40, 37/41
 X Perience Science
Question: Does vinegar, sugar mixed with water, or salt water makes plants grow better? Chozen
Hypothesis: I think that Vinegar
will make the plant grow better
because sugar and salt is too
sweet and too salty, So it will
make the plant hard to suck up
the water. But with vinegar, I think
that the plants will like it because
it’s not sweet or salty.
Procedure: First, I will have 3
plants that are placed in one pot
each. For pot #1, I will mix water
with 3 spoons of sugar to water
the plant. For pot #2, I will have
water mixed with vinegar. For pot
#3, I will mix 3 spoons of salt with
water. Everyday at 5:00 pm, I will
water each pot based on the liq-
uids above. I will water the plant
everyday for one week.. After I'm
done watering the plants for one
week, I will see how healthy each
plant is. Sample size: three differ-
ent types of liquids. Variables: 7
days.
Conclusion: My hypothesis wasn't
supported by the data because in
my hypothesis I predicted that
vinegar will help the plant grows
best, but during my experiment I
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planted the plants for 9 days, Data
but neither does vinegar, salt
Pot #1: The plant didn’t grow
water, nor sugar water help after 1 week
the plant grow. The plant just
doesn't grow. I learned from
my experiment that salt water,
vinegar, and sugar water is not
suitable for the plant to grow.
Based on the feedback that I
Pot #2: The plant didn’t grow
received from Ramiel, I put in
after one week.
my sample size. The feedback
reminded me to put the vari-
ables and sample size.
Follow up questions:
1. Will the plant grow if I added
less sugar and less salt?
2. Why does sugar water, vine- Pot #3: The plant didn’t grow
gar, and salt water not suitable after 1 week.
for the plants?
3.What will I need to do even I
used vinegar and other sub-
stances for the plant to grow?
Question: What type of story does people like most? Why? -By Ronald
-Hypothesis: For me, I will
choose horror story and I
think another people will
choose horror story too
because it's very interest-
ing and
when you read horror
story, you just want to keep
reading and don't want to
stop it.
Procedure: I will ask 10
people with 5 different type
of story: adventure story,
love story, horror story,
funny story, and survival
story.
-Conclusion: My hypothesis
was not supported by the
data because most of the
people that I ask don't like
horror story. They like
funny story and survival
story most. I ask 10 people,
4 said they like funny story,
2 like adventure story, 3
like survival, 1 like horror
story, and no one like love
story. For funny story, I ask
why and they said that be-
cause when you read funny
story, you never feel boring
because it's funny so you will
always laughing when you
read. I think Lihao feedback is
very helpful because he said:
“ I think not anyone is inter-
esting in horror story.” So it
make me think a lot about how
I going to do it better.
Data:
Horror story: 1 people
Funny story: 4 people
Adventure story: 2 people
Survival: 3 people
-Follow up question:
1) If I ask more people, will the
conclusion be a big differ-
ence?
2) If all type of the story that I
list up turn to be movie, what
type of movie that they like?
3) If I add Scientific type of
story in my experience, will
they like Scientific type more
than funny, adventure, and
survival story?
Does music help you study better? By : Willy
Question: Does music help test my mum, dad, aunt,
you study better? uncle, little brother,
Hypothesis: I think it will friends.
help them study well.
Procedure: I will put 4-5 Follow up question:
song fro people to hear, 1.Does music help plants
then i give them some work grow?
hard work, see if they do 2. Does music help fruits
work faster or slower grow?
Sample size: 10- 16 people 3. What kind of music make
plants, and fruits grow
faster than other music?
Conclusion: My hypothesis
was supported by the data
because letting people hear
music does make them
study better. Jun Woo's
said that I should have
kinds of music, so I did. I