Quentin Flattmann 9/25/15 Biology 9 Mr.Rosenfeld The Paper Towel Lab Background: Paper towels are in almost every household in the U.S. Each year over 13 billion pounds of paper towels are used in this country. This means the average person uses over 43 pounds of paper towels each year. Paper towels are part of daily life: it’s important to know which brand is the best.…
For the trickier gunk all you need to do is run it under cold water to instantly turn the Scrub Daddy hard and firm. Another neat feature is that it can clean the bottom and sides of cups in one move. Scrub Daddy does not have a smiling face just because it enjoys cleaning dishes, the cutouts make…
The question is, “Which paper towel brand is the most absorbent?” The hypothesis is, “If a dropper drops water equally on a paper towel of each brand until it started to drip, then Bounty brand would contain the most water, in grams. The independent variable is the brands of paper towels. The dependent variable is the grams of water that was contained in the paper towel. The control variable was that every paper towel sheet was cut to be 15.2 centimeters by 28.1 centimeters.…
In this unit of my 9th grade Physical Science, we are learning and experiencing with labs. In this week's experiment, my class did the paper towel lab. Here, we tested the quality of three different paper towel brands, Viva, Up&Up, and Bounty. Each lab group was testing for a certain quality of each brand, such as strength and absorbency. Through different experiments, each lab group came to the conclusion that one paper towel brand had more strength or better absorbency than the other two.…
According to Wikipedia, in 2010, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania had a population of 4,008 people. Sinking Spring’s median income for a household in the borough was $35,078, and the median income for a family was $50,064. About 12.0% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the property line (www.wikipedia.org). The data available on city-data.com states that in 2010, there were 1 rape, 1 robbery, 8 assaults, 11 burglaries, 52 thefts, 6 auto thefts, and 1 arson (www.citi-data.com). Several oil and gas pipeline, terminal, and distribution companies are located in Sinking Spring near the village of Montello (www.wikipedia.org).…
Do you often see that young kids always seem to make a mess when eating a meal or a snack. A plastic bib can easily solve this problem, but the right size may not be available. You can solve this problem if you simply make a homemade dish towel bib. Any type of dish towel can be used to make a dish towel bib. A sewing machine is all you will need for this project.…
Get ready for good eating! Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a daily basis, Nob Hill’s chic R-O-H Restaurant boasts a diverse menu of delicious appetizers, fresh salads, burgers, shared plates, and comfort food. Our flavorful dishes are served with American style tradition and savory San Francisco flair. Versatility is the name of the game.…
“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” The highly respected British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was the originator of this statement; yet it appears that the government of the most powerful nation on earth, the United States, long ago disavowed the idea behind this. The United States government has committed itself almost single-mindedly to the overbearing regulation of everything from advice columns to magicians’ rabbits, as John Stossel’s television special War on the Little Guy shows. Jeff Rowes of the Institute of Justice, in an interview with Stossel during War on the Little Guy, says that “America was conceived as a sea of liberty, with islands of government power. We are now a sea of government power with ever-shrinking islands of liberty.”…
It has come to my knowledge that there is a limited amount of spots in the ENG 102 class for next semester. I am one of the best candidates to continue into ENG 102 and thrive in Ms. Laduca’s learning environment. Although I do not fear that I have not already earned my spot, I will proceed to justify my case. I have been an adroit student of Ms. LaDuca’s for the last year and a half; she knows exactly what kind of student I am. Since seventh grade, I have been an ebullient honors student in the top ten percent of the 2016 cohort and have not received any grades lower than an A. I always exceed expectations, put in 110% of my effort, and achieve and maintain excellent grades at the same time.…
This will reduce the health damages that cleaning products can…
Which Pressure Washer Should I Buy? A regular watering hose may be fine for some things, but there is no denying the countless benefits that come from having a pressure washer. They make cleaning the outside of your home, the surrounding area, your car, and countless other places much easier to clean. If you do not yet own a pressure washer, and have never had one before, here is a small guide to help you select the right pressure washer for your needs.…
Interpretation and Evaluation: Rinsing Process: When performing a volumetric analysis all equipment to be used must be washed with deionised water. This is done in order to remove anything that contaminate your solution and have an effect on the results. It is important that deionised water is used and not regular tap water, this is because tap water could itself contains many unwanted impurities such salts, other solids and bacteria. If these were to contaminate the solutions to be used it would create a margin of error in your results.…
Atul Gawande’s Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance tells the reader about Gawande’s experience while a doctor. Atul Gawande is a general surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Both, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical school and the Harvard School of Public Health. Gawande is most clearly an accomplished person, but being this accomplished is enough for him. He wants to be better, he desires to make improvements to his life to benefit those around him. Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance is about not being satisfied with good enough, but trying for better.…
Many gardeners may not be aware that common items from around the house can start off a healthy, nutritious garden. Composting is one of the ways to retain a well-maintained garden while avoiding chemical fertilizers. Using compost in your garden has been known to be beneficial in building a sustained garden due to its spectrum of essential plant nutrients. Using compost as a organic fertilizer is an important factor in maintaining a healthy garden because it is cost effective, convenient, saves resources, while helping improve plant development.…
Is bottled water hurting or helping us as humans? Many people argue both ways. One side says that bottled water is the best possible source of water. They believe this because it is convenient, easy to carry, and not very hard to get. On the other hand, many people believe that landfills have been growing in size due to bottled water.…