Abu Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Okay, so we have our G4 project coming up and the planning is due next week. We were told today that the theme is going to be the , drumroll please... 'beach'. That's just so vague. When I thought of beach, I kinda thought about pollution, because Singapore's beaches aren't exactly clean now. What do you guys reckon as some suitable subtopic? And btw, is it the same topic for all the guys in the M08 'xams or is it a school free choice? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyD Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Maybe do something with the beach sand? You can compare how fine the sand is in different areas and compare them to the salidity or pH of the water, or the age of the beach. Or, if people swim at the beaches with sunscreen on, you can test the water -- see how the water's different when there's more/less sunscreen in it. I don't know.. some random ideas Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 It's a really diff topic. What on earth possessed them to choose the beach? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 May be they thought you might have some fun? Try maybe salt concentration at different places on the beach? Or like, close to shore, further out etc... Or could you measure wavelength/speed? We did it for a wavepool but we stood on the side and counted the crests. Might be hard on a beach. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Salt concentration sounds good, would be all right for the G4 project though? Seems a bit small.Fun? Sure, if you count getting sunburnt as being fun... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FFLcon Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Salt concentration sounds good, would be all right for the G4 project though? Seems a bit small.Fun? Sure, if you count getting sunburnt as being fun... The point of the G4 isn't to make large complicated science projects that prove the theory of life It's marked more on the actual planning and conducting of the lab. Why don't you explore something about how they make artificial beaches? I'm sure that fits into one of the subjects somehow. Or the ecosystem of the beach, and the life forms there? Think on the bright side. Beaches are fun to fool around in while conducting experiments. We have coffee, and the only thing you can get from that is a caffeine high. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowday Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Hey, I think that salt concentration might be an interesting one. You could even measure salt concentration using different methods. The first thoughts that came to mind were conductivity and refractrometry (basically using the method they use to find how much sugar is in something, but instead using it for salt...would that work?). All the experiments would be relatively easy to do but you could do a variety, and I think it would make a pretty good Group 4. If you're looking to make a groundbreaking discovery, this isn't the way to go; if you just want to complete the assignment, I think salt concentration could work.Hope it helps. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc4293 Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 What do you mean by your "theme"? I'm assuming that your school gives everyone a designated broad topic or something? Our school lets us choose pretty much anything reasonable, it doesn't have to fit into a certain category, but I think that might be a good idea because then it would at least narrow our choices... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whatever Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 What about measuring the level of pollution at different beaches in your country? by considering factors like PH , temperature etc... It would be cool if you take water samples and many things can go wrong and unpredicatable which is good for your evaluation . Another suggestion can be the level of vegetation at different distances away from the sea . This would be cool as you can have random samplng which s already taught to you in the syllebus! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanbob Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hello all,I was just curious to know what are some specific criteria for the Group 4 project. How many pages (and other formatting) is the report and/or what about a powerpoint for class? Any pointers /tips? I'm beginning my Group 4 project soon; it deals with cattails' growth and environmental factors that influence it. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!=] Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hello all,I was just curious to know what are some specific criteria for the Group 4 project. How many pages (and other formatting) is the report and/or what about a powerpoint for class? Any pointers /tips? I'm beginning my Group 4 project soon; it deals with cattails' growth and environmental factors that influence it. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!=]when i did mine last year (presence of coliform bacteria in differnt tryps of water- public lake, private stream, public river) and i made the power point form my group. i tookpictures of us conducting the expiraments and then used them as the backgrounds, and then placed our data and background information over the pics, just have to make sure you infomation is a color that is stronger than that of your pics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanbob Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Yeah but I think that'll cause just too much eye strain... I'd much rather have a pic in the corner and just have the text to the side. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lina Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 you can mayeb look into oxygen levels, anyway my advice si try to get as much hours from it as possible.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysl89 Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Is it really necessary to conduct experiments fr the group 4 project or can we just conduct secondary research? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Has to be a plan for an expermient, not an actual plan. We never conducted the experiment we planned. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
master135 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Is it really necessary to conduct experiments fr the group 4 project or can we just conduct secondary research? I don't think its necessary to do a lab. It can be research based (at least thats what i was told). Our theme this year was great: The environment Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanbob Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 our theme is also environment... and my Group 4 project is so hard! We've gotta grow cattails, like in the Everglades...oh well... IB upset. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 would it be worth considering shore erosion or pollution within the water. for my group four project i studied the water flow path of water through a wetland. i really enjoyed my group 4 project, it was very stressful but overall i had a ball! you could also consider biodiversity? sorry, not an expert on beaches!but singapore is beautiful, i have to say. i'm from australia so we have many beautiful eaches..there isn't much to study for us! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Our theme was "energy". Our group just did really easy stuff, like affect of temperature on rate of reaction some other groups went all out though with some pretty cool experiments. One group did the mentos+coke thing.. i duno what they were testing for exactly but it was pretty funny to watch anyway. Does anyone else think that the theme of environment isn't the best because more geared towards bio than chem or physics? I reckon thats a bit unfair for you guys. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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