Propose a kitchen experiment using the format outlined below; please include the section headings. No hand-written assignments will be accepted. The assignment is worth 60 points. CAUTION! Evidence of copying (from students or other sources) will lead to a 0 on the assignment and an Academic Dishonesty report will be filed with the college. PLEASE ATTACH THE RUBRIC AS A COVERPAGE TO YOUR 1-2 PAGE WRITE-UP.
Observation\/Phenomenon:
? Describe the observation or phenomenon that you are curious about.
? It can be a simple observation like, ?Sour cream is very thick.?
? Or it can be a phenomenon that you have seen, heard about, or just made through exploration.
o Chicken bones get rubbery when left in Coke for a few days.<\/p>\n
Question:
? Ask a question regarding your observation\/phenomenon. What part are you curious about?
o Why does Coke make chicken bones rubbery?<\/p>\n
Background:
? Describe what you learned in researching your subject in your own words (no direct quotes are allowed).
o Provide a citation(s) for where you got this information in AMA format.
? Citations are numbered in the order they appear in your writing.
? See the following link for help. http:\/\/library.nymc.edu\/informatics\/amastyle.cfm
o Ex. ?Coke contains lots of phosphoric and carbonic acid 1.?
? The full citation for the references should be listed as the last section of your assignment.
Hypothesis:
? Give a hypothetical answer to the question that you just asked.
o Ex. ?I hypothesize that the acid in coke makes the chicken bones rubbery.?
? Be careful what you include in your hypothesis. Remember: everything in your hypothesis must be tested for in your experiment.<\/p>\n
Prediction:
? If your hypothesis is correct, what should be the things you might observe that you wouldn?t observe if your hypothesis were incorrect? Explain why.
? Stated in the form:
1. If my hypothesis is true?
2. then ________ should happen
3. when ________ is manipulated.
? Ex. ?If it is the acid in Coke that makes chicken bones rubbery when soaked in coke, then the chicken bones should not get rubbery when I soak them in coke that has had the acids removed from it.?<\/p>\n
Test:
? This is where a person would carry out the manipulation described in the prediction. It is not necessary that you actually perform the test; just explain what you would do.
? Explain how you might test your prediction. Ideally, it should be a test we could perform in class, but that is not a requirement.
? Make it clear why the test actually does test the prediction. Often a test includes both an experiment and a ?control experiment?, the latter being something you compare the experiment with (see examples below).
? If your test needs an ?assay?, describe it. Ex. If you need to know whether a liquid is thicker or thinner, describe how you will measure viscocity.
? Example:
o Procedure: Clean the meat off of two raw chicken leg bones. Place each bone in a separate glass jar. In sample jar 1, cover the bone with 1 cup of Coke. In sample jar 2, cover the chicken bone with 1 cup of Coke that has had baking soda dissolved in it to result in a pH of 7. Using pH paper, check the pH of both samples 1 and 2, and record the pHs. Allow the bones to soak for 48 hours at room temperature, checking them at 24 hours and 48 hours for their flexibility. A protractor will be used to determine to what angle the bones can be bent. Record the data.
o Possible outcomes: It is possible that there will be no difference in flexibility between my two samples or that the Coke-only sample will be more flexible than the Coke + baking soda sample, and I would reject my hypothesis. It is also possible that I will detect an increase in flexibility in the Coke + baking soda sample compared to the Coke-only sample, in which case I would support my hypothesis.<\/p>\n
References:
? List your full citations in this section in AMA format.
o Citations are numbered in text and listed in this section in the order they appear in your text.
o Please see additional examples of formatting for articles and websites here: http:\/\/library.nymc.edu\/informatics\/amastyle.cfm
o For example when using a section of a book (the chapter title is listed after the author name):
? 1. McGee H, Eggs. In: On Food and Cooking. 2nd ed. New York, NY. Scribner 2004: 68-73.<\/p>\n
Notice that a proper food experiment does not consist of a proposal to ?try something? and just ?see what happens?. That?s exploration, not experimentation. As scientists, we try things because we know they will answer questions we have posed.<\/p>\n
Please note that on your rubric for the second assignment is a score for improvement. I will be comparing your work in this assignment to the previous one to see if you incorporated my feedback.<\/p>\n
Kitchen Experiment 2 Rubric
Dr. Plaster G101 Fall 2016<\/p>\n
_______ A complete assignment was handed in on time following all instructions (5 pts)<\/p>\n
_______Observation (6 pts):
? Is the observation presented in a clear and succinct manner?
? Is it an observation that can be properly addressed in the scope of this assignment?<\/p>\n
________Question (6 pts):
? Is the question presented in a clear and succinct manner?
? Does it pertain to the observation?
? Is the answer to the question known and obvious?<\/p>\n
________Background (10 pts):
? Does the background pertain to the observation and question?
? Was the background presented in a succinct and clear manner?
? Was the background correctly cited?<\/p>\n
________Hypothesis (7 pts):
? Is the hypothesis presented in a clear and succinct manner?
? Is it a ?hypothetical? answer to the posed question?
? Does the hypothesis fully address the posed question?<\/p>\n
_________Prediction (7 pts):
? Is the prediction presented in a clear, logical, and succinct manner?
? Is the prediction logically possible based on the hypothesis?
? Does the prediction account for the entire hypothesis?<\/p>\n
__________Test (experiment) (14 pts):
? Is the experiment presented in a clear, logical, and succinct manner?
? Does the experiment truly test the entire prediction?
? Are proper controls included?
? Are proper assays described?
? Are the possible results described<\/p>\n
_________ Improvement (5 pts)
? Did the assignment include the same problems as noted on assignment #1?
? Were improvements to formatting, consistency, clarity, wording, etc made?<\/p>\n
___________Total (60 pts)<\/p>\n
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