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Report Sheet: Name: Date: GROUP NO.: - 5 - INSTRUCTOR: Nathaniel Peralta
Report Sheet: Name: Date: GROUP NO.: - 5 - INSTRUCTOR: Nathaniel Peralta
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2. Find the best method to get the job done. With so many protocols out
there, it can be overwhelming to try and narrow it down to just one. After
taking into account the cost of the reagents, whether someone you know has
done it before, and how widely the technique has been used, in the end, you
just have to pick one and go with it!
3. Write out the protocol. This step will help you identify all the reagents
you will need for your experiment, and help you gauge the time that you will
need to carry out the procedure. Additionally, it is much easier to follow a
protocol that you have written yourself, rather than one that was written by
someone else.
4. Obtain all necessary reagents in advance, and make sure they are all in
good condition. You don’t want to be in the middle of your experiment when
you suddenly run out of reagent X. As in cooking, freshness is the key. Don’t
take your chances with old or expired reagents.
5. Prepare a timeline. Try to realistically estimate how long each procedure
will take, and if you’re not sure, double the time that you think it will take.
Don’t try to cram too much into one day – you are more likely to make
errors when you are rushing.
6. Do the experiment. Prepare everything you can in advance, and start
EARLY. Make sure you have booked the necessary equipment ahead of
time, and avoid interruptions. The protocol you wrote out in Step 3 should
make this step a lot easier! If multiple people are involved in the experiment,
make sure everyone knows their role ahead of time.
7. Record everything. Write down any deviations from the protocol, and any
difficulties you experienced carrying out the experiment. This will
help you make better sense of the data and troubleshoot the
experiment if necessary.
8. Analyze the results. Hopefully the experiment turned out as you expected,
and the data have leaded you to the next step of the project. If not, it’s not
the end of the world! Go back to your notes and find out where the
experiment could have faltered. Talk to people who have experience with the
technique to help you troubleshoot, and don’t be afraid to ask around for
advice! If things always worked the first time, they wouldn’t call it “research
D. SYNTHEZING THE RESULT
E. Application
In your everyday life, you encounter solutions all the time. For example,
you may add salt to water when cooking pasta. The salt dissolves in the
water, resulting in a solution. Most of your "household" chemicals are
solutions. If you look closely at a bottle of vinegar, you will find that it is a
solution of acetic acid. Similarly, bleach is a solution of sodium hypochlorite
We live in a world of solutions! The air we breathe is a huge gaseous
solution, the oceans are solutions of about fifty different salts in water, and
many of the rocks and minerals of the earth are solid solutions. And we
ourselves are largely aqueous solutions, most of it within our cells and in our
blood plasma and the interstitial fluid that bathes our cells.