Court Kaye Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Hi, my school introduced the whole Group 4 project to us yesterday, and in about three weeks we will have an entire day set aside for conducting experiments and presenting our project to the rest of the class. I've been appointed the team leader and our team has been named 'Sir Isaac Newton' (it's a new idea set up by the school this year - we have to base our project on some aspect of our scientist's life/contribution to the world of science.) I could really use some advice - I thought we could maybe do something based on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - like looking at the effect on the ecosystem (bio), looking at the make-up of oil (chem) and looking at possible solutions, like constructing something - using the laws of motion and gravity - that could solve the leak. The main issue though is what would we conduct our experiment on exactly? Any ideas or suggestions? Would serrriously appreciate some right now - oh and by the way, we're in Czech Republic (middle of Europe) in case that has any impact on how to do this ...Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 That sounds like an interesting project. Hmm maybe if you find a liquid as viscous as crude oil and get a long aquarium where you could get a fan to create ripples or something? I'm not sure how you'd make a solution for this, but I don't think replication of the problem would be too terribly hard, if you're willing to compromise on some details You might have already thought of something better or changed your topic. G'luck with it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason08 Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 my group did it on water... the differences between urban treated water and rural treated water and checked which on is cleaner- this was our chemistry aspect. Our biology aspect is pea germination... smells so badd. lmao Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzek Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 (edited) We need to submit a group 4 topic soon! But, our school did not give us a clear idea of what the group 4 project is.My group has students from the 3 sciences, biology, chemistry, and physics.So, does this mean we have to choose a main idea, and do 3 different experiments (one for each science) that are related to the main idea?OR should we choose one experiment, and determine how it is related to physics, biology, and chemistry.If it is neither of the two options, can someone please explain what the group 4 project is about?I'm kinda really confused and stressed out because of it.Can someone help me? Oh and they made it clear to us that the project must be based on experiments and nothing theoretical.. Edited August 8, 2010 by Robzek Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishgirl Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Our school asks the group 4 to work on 3 sciences and limits this years topics with "Energy." So my group picked the subtitle "Light energy" In Physics, we are investigating how is the angle of deflection affects the rate of photosynthesis in plants,In Chemistry, we are investigating how is the time of exposure to light affects the decomposition of Vitamin C in plantsIn Biology ofcourse, we are investigating how are different wavelengths of light affects the rate of photosynthesiseasy cheesy Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted123 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Our theme was 'Increase and Decrease'.Our title was how the cholestrol and glucose-level in blood changed during a high dosage/intake of; A) Fat B)Carbohydrates C)Caffeine and D) ProteinsWe were four and what we then basically did was that for one day we went on a strict diet. No breakfast and etc. Blood samples were taken. Then our lunch then consisted of the following.1 person ate pure butter (that had say over 70% of fat), another drank very very strong concentrated coffee, another drank protein drinks/powder and another (me) ate sugarcubes (33 in total!!! I have never appriciated my toothbrush and toothpaste so much before). Then we took blood samples again and saw the difference.I find it so amusing because even though I ate so much carbohydrates, my blood-glucose level went down meh. Oh and we taped it all and came 2nd place in the contest How did your group measure the concentration of glucose/fat in blood? How long did it take your group to finish this? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Crime Scene: Suicide or Murder?I am representing Chemistry and I am a group leader Our teachers gave us a picture of a crime scene. It's basically a picture of a man lying on the floor -- dead -- on 3rd December at 2 AM. Then we are to guess whether it's a suicide or a murder by looking at various objects shown in the picture. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastern Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hey, right at the moments we are doing our project.. Our topic is 'The Soil of a local lake' and I am doing Physics part, measuring the resistivity of the soil from different shores of the lake.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhaldud Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Our school mandated that we need to incorporate the place where we will do our group four projects: a recreational park near the river. What would be a viable option for my group? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Hook Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Our G4 was really cool, we had a crime scene set up at school and we had to figure out who was the murderer, what was the motive, cause or death etc. There was lots of chemistry and bio involved, and abit of physics but not so much. Overall it was a really cool G4 and everyone in my grade really enjoyed it, and we all ended up getting 6's with a few people getting 5.I would definatly recommend it! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexa Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Ours was right around the time the gulf oil spill happened, so that was our theme. The question was "Should we keep drilling offshore?" and each group in my school looked at it from a different point of view, like from BPs, the government's, etc. It was OK, not as much fun as I thought it would be. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhabyahalk Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Our group 4 theme was to do with Qatar (the country we're from) getting the bid for the world cup in 2022. We were given the theme " Environment and Sports" and basically we have a free reign on the interpretation of that and what experiments to do. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
furtuum Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Our group 4 theme was weather. I decided to do it in Physics HL with other people taking the course. Even though subtopics relating to physics are potentially very interesting, due to time constraints, we picked kind of a horrible topic that had more to do with geography than physics (how latitude affects average temperature and a comparison of this for the eastern and western hemispheres). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahlouise Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow. All of these topics are so cool.Our topic was awful. We were given it, so we didn't have any say.It was to do with bacterial & fungal spores on different surfaces of our school.So wasn't fun. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilianna009 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Crime Scene: Suicide or Murder? I am representing Chemistry and I am a group leader Our teachers gave us a picture of a crime scene. It's basically a picture of a man lying on the floor -- dead -- on 3rd December at 2 AM. Then we are to guess whether it's a suicide or a murder by looking at various objects shown in the picture. Our G4 was really cool, we had a crime scene set up at school and we had to figure out who was the murderer, what was the motive, cause or death etc. There was lots of chemistry and bio involved, and abit of physics but not so much. Overall it was a really cool G4 and everyone in my grade really enjoyed it, and we all ended up getting 6's with a few people getting 5. I would definatly recommend it! this sounds really COOL but I don't really know how we could relate this one to an experiment (bio and physics in our group) . Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerUmbras Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm a little disturbed by the fact that there are so many people with experiments for their projects, and that we didn't. All we had was a day to do research - no self-constructed evidence at all! It would have been much cooler if we could have done that, but that's how life goes...Oh, and our theme was 'Travel', and our topic was on the spin-offs of NASA research, and whether space-research is a waste of money. Interesting stuff. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekChloe Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Our class' theme is the effect of human impact on the environment, and we are specifically studying the impact that paved roads has had. I live in Northern Canada and there's a lot of beautiful conservation areas nearby, and we are conducting experiments there. Our groups subtopics are soil horizons, ground temperature, vegetation and plant life, and insect variety/population (the last one is me. hehe.) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophiebk Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Our topic was Circus and we did loads of different experiments. elephant toothpaste, carbon snake, dry ice bombs etc. We did loads of different experiments that all related to one topic. You don't have to stick to one sub topic. You're allowed to branch out to as many different things as you want Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshiemellow Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Our theme is pizza. I do all three sciences, one group member does physics and chemistry and the other just does chemistry. We are doing things like cheese squishing, pizza dough centrifuge and bacterial cultures of different hams. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassandraPaz143 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Group 4 Project. I wanted to do mine on C3 and C4 plants and the effects on sugar production or something to do with that any help on narrowing it down? Message me please (: Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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