Final blog LOL.

Abstract
This experiment determined which colour of nail polish lasted the longest when placed in different substances and environments. Six different colours of nail polish were tested and the results were recorded according to the rate at which they disappeared. A total of four plastic sleeves were used in this experiment; each had six different colours of nail polish on them and were placed in a different substance. The substances included acetone, mould remover and olive oil. The last one was placed outside, where it was exposed to only rain and sunlight. It was found that no matter which substance or condition the nail polish was in, the colour faded. The majority of the effects occurred with the acetone. All of the nail polish had disappeared by the end of the experiment. The plastic sleeve which had been exposed to just rain and sunlight had the least effects on its nail polish. Therefore it can be concluded that nail polish lasts longer when it has no contact with any substance other than water and sunlight.

FINAL BLOG .

Abstract
This experiment determined which colour of nail polish lasted the longest when placed in different substances and environments. Six different colours of nail polish were tested and the results were recorded according to the rate at which they disappeared. A total of four plastic sleeves were used in this experiment; each had six different colours of nail polish on them and were placed in a different substance. The substances included acetone, mould remover and olive oil. The last one was placed outside, where it was exposed to only rain and sunlight. It was found that no matter which substance or condition the nail polish was in, the colour faded. The majority of the effects occurred with the acetone. All of the nail polish had disappeared by the end of the experiment. The plastic sleeve which had been exposed to just rain and sunlight had the least effects on its nail polish. Therefore it can be concluded that nail polish lasts longer when it has no contact with any substance other than water and sunlight.

FINAL BLOG .

Abstract
This experiment determined which colour of nail polish lasted the longest when placed in different substances and environments. Six different colours of nail polish were tested and the results were recorded according to the rate at which they disappeared. A total of four plastic sleeves were used in this experiment; each had six different colours of nail polish on them and were placed in a different substance. The substances included acetone, mould remover and olive oil. The last one was placed outside, where it was exposed to only rain and sunlight. It was found that no matter which substance or condition the nail polish was in, the colour faded. The majority of the effects occurred with the acetone. All of the nail polish had disappeared by the end of the experiment. The plastic sleeve which had been exposed to just rain and sunlight had the least effects on its nail polish. Therefore it can be concluded that nail polish lasts longer when it has no contact with any substance other than water and sunlight.

Method.

Method
To start off the experiment, each plastic container, except for one, was filled with a substance. The plastic sleeve and the sheet of paper were cut into four equal rectangles. The paper was then slid into the plastic sleeves and taped together to ensure when they were placed in the substances, the liquid would not seep through and wet the paper.

Each colour of nail polish was then applied to the sleeve in a single stroke, measuring exactly five centimetres. The white background allowed the colours to stand out and made it easier to notice the changes during the experiment. The nail polish was applied to all four sleeves and then left to dry.

After the nail polish had dried, each sleeve was placed in a container. The sleeve was placed right at the bottom of each container to ensure it was completely covered by the substance. The three containers, which contained the liquid substances, were kept indoors. One container was placed outdoors, where it was exposed to the rain and sunlight. The results of what had occurred by the end of each week were recorded in a log book and blogged about. To note the results, each sleeve was visually investigated and to determine how much nail polish had disappeared, a ruler was used to measure these changes.

A little late

Sorry guys, i haven't blogged for a while ! My computer crashed and hence i couldnt update. But i kept a written blog of everything so ill include it all in the blogs to come.

May 18

Tan- The colour of the nailpolish has gotten lighter but the nailpolish is still there
Blue- Approximately half of the nailpolish has faded
Green- One third of the nailpolish has gone
Pink- There is no more pink nailpolish left
Orange- Only one quarter of the nailpolish remains
Purple- Only one quater of the nailpolish remains

Results for strip of nailpolish in acetone

This is the strip of nailpolish that was placed in the acetone. The results are :


Tan- The colour has faded but the nailpolish still appears to be there.
Blue- Approximately one third of the nailpolish is gone.
Green- Approximately one third of the nailpolish is gone.
Pink- All of the nailpolish has gone.
Orange- Over half of the nailpolish has gone.
Purple- Approximately two thirds of the nailpolish has gone.

Graph.

Here's my climate graph :)

Haha.

Method

Equipment
- four plastic take away containers of the same size
- six nailpolish's of the same brand
- 100ml acetone
- 100ml olive oil
- 100ml mould remover, one plastic sleeve
- sticky tape


Method
1. Cut up paper and plastic sleeves into four equal sizes
2. Slide paper into the plastic sleeve and sticky tape together
3. Paint a stroke of each nailpolish, approximately 4cm in length, on each of the sheets
4. Place one sheet outside where it's sunny, one in 100ml of mould remover, one in 100ml olive oil and another in 100ml acetone
5. Observe changes in the nailpolish
6. Record your results and tabulate the information appropriately

So far, so good .

Hey there :) Haha I'm so excited, my experiment is going pretty good.
So far the results are:

- Mould remover
Tan- No changes are visible.
Blue- No changes are visible.
Green- the tips of the nailpolish stroke have slightly faded but not much of a difference can be seen
Pink- No changes are visible.
Orange- The colour of this nailpolish has slightly faded to a lighter shade
Purple- No changes are visible.

- Nailpolish remover
Tan- There is hardly any change visible.
Blue- One quarter of the nail polish has disappeared.
Green- The colourof the nailpolish has darkened to a pond green and half of the varnish has gone.
Pink- The colour of the nailpolish is now a pale pink and one eighth of it has disappeared.
Orange- Over half of the nail polish has disappeared and the shade has lightened.
Purple- Half of the nailpolish has disappeared but the colour has not changed.

- Oil
There is no change to any of the nailpolish.

The beginning .

I've started my new experiment ! Well, i've got everything ready to go at least.

I've got different brands of nailpolish and painted one layer of them on a plastic sleeve. There's four of them and each one will be placed in different substances and positions.

First one- the backyard where it will be exposed to rain and sunlight
Second one- mould remover
Third one- acetone
Fourth one- in olive oil

I'll observe and record results at the end of each week. Hopefully my guess that the nailpolish in the acetone will disappear first, is right.

A new start :)

I've decided to change my experiment from growing plant's.. to testing which nailpolish brand last's longer ! Yay ! This is actually going to benefit my friends and I in some way as now we'll know which nailpolish brand to buy and which NOT to buy.

Tomorow I will hit the shops to buy some nailpolish and nails to test them on. Also, my experiment has been APPROVED :)

New experiment ?

Okay so it's the last day of holidays today and i think that my plant experiment was absolutely terrible. I'm going to have to decide on something else to do. I was thinking of maybe doing something which tested which brand of nailpolish is the best. I was going to get fake nails and many different brands of nailpolish, then keep them in different enviornments and analyse which brand of nailpolish lasted longer on nails.

I would treat the nails as though they were on an actual hand; this includes washing them in soap and water. Hopefully this experiment will go much better than my plant one. Although before I start, I will need to ask Ms Zhang for permission :)

RIP Plants .

My plants are officially dead. I think I'm going to re-do the experiment or maybe choose something different to do. My spare fridge has been taken over by gross fungus. My mum is going to kill me. Ah well, such is science.

There's fungi growing over my cupboard walls !

Just then, my mum suddenly started yelling at me and telling me how i'm a careless, useless little girl. The reason for this ? Because the plant's i've placed in no sunlight (in the cupboard) has caused it's fungi to spread over the cupboard walls. Now who has to clean up ? Me.

But I'm not exactly sure if i should or not because maybe this is part of the experiment ? The disasters and all. Plus, if i decide to move the plant's to some other sheltered place, i'm not sure if that's a good idea as the independant vaiable may change ?

Now i'm confused and frustated. Confused because i'm not sure what i should do with the plants and fungi. Frustrated because why are plants so annoyingly difficult to grow !? Ah well, i'll just ask my wonderful science teacher, Ms Zhang, about what to do :)

still no flowers

I've been watering my plant's all week and I don't understand why there are still no flowers !? It's so frustating !

My plant's have decided they will not pop out any pretty yellow flowers. I want to know why they're being so difficult.

Anyways, they don't seem to be growing much taller. The one's in the cupboard are developing fungi which seems to be spreading quite rapidly. No flowers have yet bloomed, who knows how long till one does.

This is hard

My plant's have been growing and dying throughtout the week. All of my outdoor plants have completely disappeared; the sunlight and heat was obviously too much for them to handle. I've continued giving them water but I'm not sure if they're going to grow back.

On the other hand, the plant's in medium sunlight are surviving! They're growing slowly and hopefully flowers will bloom from them soon.

I never thought i'd say this but growing plant's is quite depressing. When you see a leaf start to brown, this sudden feeling of sadness spreads over you. You suddenly feel desperate to save the leaf from browning completely. As though it's your duty. If you stop the leaf from browning, you feel like a superhero! But if you can't.. you feel dreadful. So just imagine how I feel; i've lost over 10 whole plant's :(

I guess this experiment is teaching me how hard it is to grow plants. Or how hard science experiments are.

Half of them are already dead !

Okay i've got some bad news.. HALF OF MY MARIE GOLD FLOWER PLANTS ARE DEAD ALREADY !
It's pretty heart breaking to watch them die actually, I wanted to be able to grow them until they were nice and big enough to be planted in the backyard. Ah well.

So for the past week i've been checking up on the plants. The fact some of them have fertiliser in them doesn't stop them from dying.

The seedling's i kept in direct sunlight have all died by now. I regularly gave them water and measured by how much they had grown. Yet, they still died. This shows that these seedlings should not be placed in direct sunlight as they will just dry up completely. Another really interesting thing I noticed was that the numbers I had written on each cup, had completely disappeared. Vanished. They weren't there anymore. I think the extreme heat and light from the sun caused the permanent marker to disappear. How cool is that !?

As for the seedling's I had kept in the sealed cupboard, they had died too. There was now this white fungi growing over the potting mix. It appeared to be fluffy and very delicate, as though if I touched it, it would split. I've taken photographs of the fungi growing and can't wait to see what happens to it as time goes by.

The only seedlings that have actually managed to stay alive are the one's in medium sunlight ! Finally some of my seedlings don't die ! I can happily say that I have five very healthy Marie Gold Flower seedlings growing :)

Day 1 :)

I just finished planting my Marie Gold flower seedlings. This morning mum woke me up at nine to go to Flower Power and buy the seedlings for my Student Research Project. I think my mother's more worried about it than I am. Well anyway's, I bought 30 Marie Gold Flower seedlings; 9 which will be fertilised with Instant-Gro All Purpose Compund Fertiliser, another 9 which will be fertlised with Hortico Aquasol Fertiliser, and 9 as the control which will be given water only. 3 of each will be placed in different locations: the backyard in complete sunlight, the bathroom where there is medium sunlight and the cupboard where there is no light.

I've measured their heights and will continue to measure how much they grow every 3 days. I planted the seedlings one centimetre above the bottom of the plastic cups so that there is enough room for their roots to spread. Each of the plant's have a different height so to keep track of which one is which, I've numbered them ! To start off, I gave each plant 5mls of water. 9 of the plant's were given 3g of Instant-Gro All Purpose Compund Fertiliser each and another 9 were given the same measurement.

Now that's done, I guess I'll just have to wait and see which one grows the best ! :)

Hello world, this is me ! :)