Monday, September 12, 2011

Activity model for inquiry and candle experiment process.

 First we formed our question since the thing we are looking into really has no solution, but simply answers a question. We also articulated our expectation and concluded that by cutting doff the candles access to oxygen   pressure build up and the water level would increase in the container. We figured that size of the candle would cause a noticeable difference in the water level in the container, the bigger the candle the more water would flow into the container.
As we began the experiment we discovered that yes, the water level increased with the different size of candles but, the water levels did indeed rise when the candle was cut off from oxygen but not as much as we had hoped. We reflected on our finding and discussed what we could change to make the water level rise. We decided that change the actual container size to a small one then the water levels would rises much more.We reflected on our finding and decided we wanted to know what would happen to the water level if we changed its density by adding things like salt, corn starch, canola oil, and coke.