Discussion
In my Hypothesis, I stated that if I used dish soap, vinegar and baking soda, 1 spoon and 1 sponge, we will be able to contain 85% and absorb 92% of the oil. My hypothesis was incorrect, I cleaned up around 95% of the oil. It was thrilling to get most of the oil out of the water. The spoon worked the best to contain oil, this is because we were able to push most of the oil to one area. The sponge worked the best to absorb the oil because it gave us the ability absorb and then to reuse it. The baking soda & vinegar was not effective at all, it did absolutely nothing to help the experiment. It would have really helped if I had a big bucket to scoop the oil out, it would help because it would make the procedure faster and more efficient. My procedure would work well if the oil spill was in the ocean but only part of it would work and the rest would struggle to keep it together. The actual procedure would work well, but the materials would have troubles. As well as we wouldn't have the walls of the bucket.
I had oil in a bucket, then got 4 materials of my choice then I did my best to clean up the oil. I did this to simulate an oil spill, and how hard it is to clean them, it also helps us understand the importance of it getting cleaned up. The Independent variable would be the materials used to contain and absorb the oil. The dependent variable is the quantity of oil being contained and absorbed. The controlled Variable were the Amount of oil spilled and the quantity of materials used.
I felt this experiment was very successful, and valid. If i could change anything it would be the thickness of the oil, the oil we used was very light and thin. Maybe if we used thicker oil it would be more challenging. In the experiment we did not have any problems. If I repeated the project I would test too see how oil can effect animals and see how much oil I could get off the animal.
In my Hypothesis, I stated that if I used dish soap, vinegar and baking soda, 1 spoon and 1 sponge, we will be able to contain 85% and absorb 92% of the oil. My hypothesis was incorrect, I cleaned up around 95% of the oil. It was thrilling to get most of the oil out of the water. The spoon worked the best to contain oil, this is because we were able to push most of the oil to one area. The sponge worked the best to absorb the oil because it gave us the ability absorb and then to reuse it. The baking soda & vinegar was not effective at all, it did absolutely nothing to help the experiment. It would have really helped if I had a big bucket to scoop the oil out, it would help because it would make the procedure faster and more efficient. My procedure would work well if the oil spill was in the ocean but only part of it would work and the rest would struggle to keep it together. The actual procedure would work well, but the materials would have troubles. As well as we wouldn't have the walls of the bucket.
I had oil in a bucket, then got 4 materials of my choice then I did my best to clean up the oil. I did this to simulate an oil spill, and how hard it is to clean them, it also helps us understand the importance of it getting cleaned up. The Independent variable would be the materials used to contain and absorb the oil. The dependent variable is the quantity of oil being contained and absorbed. The controlled Variable were the Amount of oil spilled and the quantity of materials used.
I felt this experiment was very successful, and valid. If i could change anything it would be the thickness of the oil, the oil we used was very light and thin. Maybe if we used thicker oil it would be more challenging. In the experiment we did not have any problems. If I repeated the project I would test too see how oil can effect animals and see how much oil I could get off the animal.