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Asked by dust520rhos on 20 Jan 2025.
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Eleftheria Stavridou answered on 20 Jan 2025:
My first ever science project was during my university degree. I investigate if the climate in north-east Greece is suitable to grow Miscanthus to produce biofuel. But unfortunately, it wasn’t the best environment
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Carly Bingham answered on 20 Jan 2025:
I remember one in primary school where we grew cress seeds on paper towels soaked in different liquids – I did normal water and washing up liquid – to see if there were changes in growth. I don’t think anyone will be surprised to learn that cress doesn’t grow well in washing up liquid!
The first experiment that I planned and carried out all on my own was in Year 13 for an extended project qualification – I investigated the best paper aeroplane model by changing paper type, paper size and folding patterns, I then booked the school hall and measured how far they flew, how straight they flew and how long they were in the air to decide which was best. -
Hannah Blyth answered on 24 Jan 2025:
The first one I remember was for my Astronomy GCSE. I drew a map of the moon from observations (no photos). This sounds easy, but I was doing it in pencil from a notoriously lousy spot weather-wise (South Wales), and different moon phases make different sections and craters easier to see compared to during the full moon! My friend took some long exposure photos, measured the star trails and worked out an estimate for the speed of Earth’s rotation, very cool!
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melissau commented on :
The first one I remember was when I was working part time on a diary farm to get work experience in preparation for applying for vet school – yes, this meant getting up at 4.30am to help with morning milking every day! The farm kept records of the volume of milk which each cow produced each day so I used the data to assess to what extent the volume of milk she produced was related to the cow’s age, the number of calves she had had and the number of days since she last gave birth to a calf. The report I wrote was my A level Biology project and I gave a copy to the farm too so that they could compare my findings to what they had observed themselves.
sandrarobertson commented on :
Not my first project I worked on, but the one I enjoyed the least involved working with dog poo! It was a study to find out how much of a new dry dog food’s nutrition the animal was digesting and absorbing into its body, and how much was being disposed of by testing the poo collected after the dogs had eaten. I did all the same tests on the new feed and the poo to see what was there to start with and what was excreted by the animal. An interesting study to be involved with but I didn’t enjoy working with the after samples!
Amal commented on :
i think it was at school and putting oil on water and explaining why it floated. probably more but thats the best my memory can come up with!