~ Third Week Project Report

After a long period of searching for an experiment, I think I've finally figured out what I'm going to do. This past week, I have continued looking for something that I could do my research project and after some consideration, I have decided to do this:

• What is the effect of salt on the boiling temperature of water?

I found this topic interesting and the experiment not that difficult to do. The equipment needed is not that difficult to obtain too, so that will make things simpler. 

For this topic, the aim of my experiment would be:

• Aim: To determine the effect of salt on the boiling temperature of water.

It's simple, and basically what I have to do is have a control, which is the temperature of the boiling water without salt, and then add an amount of salt into the water, boil it and then record the temperature. i'll have to repeat the experiment with different amounts of salt. That is roughly what will have to be done, but a lot of other things have to be researched and found out.

I still have to do some more thorough background research but from what I've read so far, my hypothesis will probably be:

• The higher the amount of salt put in, the higher the boiling temperature of the water.

I hope I can do this experiment. I still have to run it by my science teacher but I think it'll be fine. Whilst searching the internet, I came across other experiment ideas which I considered. They are quite similar to the one I'm doing. They are:

• What is the effect of salt and sugar on the freezing point of water?
• What is the effect of dissolved salt or sugar on the melting rate of ice?

I seriously considered them but chose to do the one on boiling water. I think they will probably be my back up plans - the ice one especially, because it's really simple and not time-consuming. 

My next science lesson is on Wednesday, so I'll talk to my teacher about it by then. I'll also have to ask if I can borrow a thermometer because besides that, I think I have all the equipment at home.