Throbbert Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 How would an IA studying the change in refractive index of water with different concentrations of sugar go? What improvements should I make? Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixter Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 What I am going to say may sound really, really controversial but I still find it to be good advice for anyone doing an IA. My question to you is: Is there a reason as to why you would want to investigate the change in refractive index of water with varying concentrations of sugar? (Passion? Topic given by teacher?) Whenever I do my IAs or other course work, I would usually think of how my research would contribute to the field of study or society in general. For instance, I used to have a statistics project whereby our topic was using any statistical method that we had learnt in the school term. At first, I wanted to find out more about the relationship between the span of your arms and your height. However, after a series of consultation with my math teacher, I decided to do a math IA that looks into the normal distribution of packets of sugar to observe if businesses are ripping us off . Afterwards, I got 38/40 for the very same project. Whereas, the rest of my classmates whose question is similar to yours scored significantly lower (25-35 marks). So, unless if your teacher gave you a topic that was about refractive index of liquids, perhaps you should look into other topics that may have a greater "impact" to the field of study or a larger community. As I have said, this is just my personal opinion as to how I would approach any of my IAs. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throbbert Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Right, thank you for your insight. I understand what you are saying and I appreciate you taking time to write a response. Yes, my teacher did sort of guide me towards that IA, and Topic 4 was the topic I have so-far scored highest on. The problem for me is that I have no particular passion for physics; yes I enjoy it, but I have no idea how anything I am passionate about (music, military history, etc.) could be worked into an IA. Thank you so much for your help, though 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixter Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 15 minutes ago, Throbbert said: Right, thank you for your insight. I understand what you are saying and I appreciate you taking time to write a response. Yes, my teacher did sort of guide me towards that IA, and Topic 4 was the topic I have so-far scored highest on. The problem for me is that I have no particular passion for physics; yes I enjoy it, but I have no idea how anything I am passionate about (music, military history, etc.) could be worked into an IA. Thank you so much for your help, though You're welcome! All the best with your Physics IA! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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