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Clothing Project E-Packet Table of Contents

Assessment/Unit Description:
Final Product Description
What to turn in:
How you will be assessed:
Planning Calendar
Table 1: Scientific Words
Table 2: Clothing specifics (Choose either an extremely hot place or an extremely cold place!)
Figure 1: Sketch or design of your clothing
Table 3: Energy to control
Table 4: Special features (insert rows as necessary)
Table 5: Scientific evidence
Part 2: Experiment
Step 1: Explain the question or problem to be tested.
Step 2: Formulate & Explain a Testable Hypothesis
Step 3: Explain how to manipulate the variables/how to collect the data
Step 4: Design method (your procedures)
Step 5: Collect, Organize, Transform, Present Data
Collect & Organize Data
Transform Data
Present Data
Step 6: Interpret & Explain Results
Step 7: Evaluate the hypothesis (conclusion)
Step 8: Evaluate the method/Step 9a: Discuss improvements to the method
Step 9b: Extensions to the method
CER
Reflection
Sources: (Documented in MLA Format!)



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How do humans manipulate energy in order to survive

in extreme climates?
E-Packet

Assessment/Unit Description:

Part 1: You will design an article of clothing, based on scientific principles, which will allow someone to 
survive in an extreme climate. 

Part 2: You will determine ONE feature of your clothing design that can be scientifically investigated 
and design, do, and process an experiment about that feature. Based on your results, you will use your 
data to either support the design choice OR as evidence that you should change your design.

Part 3: You will share your clothing design using your chosen forms of media to advertise or promote 
your clothing design to each other with the possibility of presenting your product to a “Dragon’s Den” 
of scientists, fashion professionals, and each other.

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Final Product Description

As you know, the goal of your assessment is to design an article of clothing that shows how humans can control energy to
survive in extreme climates.

What are some effective ways to share the scientific features of your product and convince your
target audience?

Use this space to take notes on ideas you get

Media resources* What did you like/find effective How might you use those ideas in
(such as… ) about this source of media? your final product?

*Remember to include these in your list
of resources*

Video (Youtube) It was new and I hadn’t seen anything I could make a video or I could make it
like this before. It was interesting. new and unique.

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Posters/Pictures
It has its logo on it and that is good
because then people know straight away
that this product is from North Face. It
also looks interesting because it has the
mountains in the background and it
makes the people feel like they would
go on an adventure.
I could use this in my final product
because I could make a poster and add
the logo and interesting natural things
in the background to make it more eye-
catching and aesthetically pleasing.

Image removed for copyright reasons It is effective because it is funny. I like I could use humor for my
this because it has a lot of colours. advertisement.
Posters
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How you will be assessed:

You will be assessed with the ALL of the MYP Sciences Criteria:

Criteria Part of the Unit Involved

A: Knowledge & Understanding  Clothing Design Evidence &

of Science Reasoning based on scientific
principles
 Dragon’s Den presentation

B: Inquiring & Designing  Experimental design for one

feature of clothing design

C: Processing & Evaluating  Processing & Evaluating

experimental data for one
feature of clothing design

D: Reflecting on the Impacts of  Discussing possible issues

Science with your clothing design in
your chosen location
 Dragon’s Den presentation
Proper citation of sources/use
of science vocabulary

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Planning Calendar
Task / Event Materials needed (laptop, Completion date: Goal Completion date: Actual
fabric, clothing samples, etc.)
Receive packet Laptop 6/2 6/2
Fill in Planning Laptop 6/2 6/2
Calendar
Complete Table 1 Laptop 6/2 6/2
(whole class):
Scientific words
Brainstorm and Laptop end of class Monday, 9/2 8/2
research location,
climate, and activity
Complete Table 2: 6/2, 9/2 (homework the weekend of Feb ⅞) beginning of class Monday, 8/2
Clothing specifics 9/2
Complete Figure 1: 10/2, 11/2 end of class Wednesday 11/2 09/2
Sketch of your
article of clothing
Complete Table 3: 10/2, 11/2 end of class Friday, 13/2 12/02
Energy to control
Complete Table 4: 26/2 (both periods of double) 26/2 end of double 13/02
Special features
Begin Table 5: 27/2 + (homework for the 2/3 26/02
Columns 1,2, 3 weekend)
Investigation plan: 3/3 + homework 3/3 28/02
Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Carry out Supplies will be determined 4/3 (end of class) 2/02 + 3/02
investigation
(Investigation plan 5)
Investigation plan: 6/3 (make graph in class)- do the graph due end of class 6/3 7/03 - 9/03
Step 6, 7, 8, 9a, 9b rest for homework nights of 6/3, -other steps due 11/3
7/3,8/3, 9/3, 10/3 beginning of class
CER Homework done the nights of 6/3, due at the BEGINNING of the 10/03
7/3,8/3, 9/3, 10/3 class 11/3
Reflection Homework done the nights of 6/3, due at the BEGINNING of the 9/03
7/3,8/3, 9/3, 10/3 class 11/3
Complete Table 5: Homework done the nights of 6/3, due at the BEGINNING of the 10/03
Column 4 7/3,8/3, 9/3, 10/3 class 11/3
MLA Sources (use ongoing 11/03
Easybib)
Final Product 11/3 (double), 12/3 + homework beginning of class 13/3 15/03

In order to be able to control energy, we must first understand (and give evidence
that we understand) how energy works. Therefore, in the description of your
article of clothing, you must explain how you can control at least 2 different
types of energy to stay warm. Of course, if you explain how you can control
more than 2 types of energy, you are giving even more evidence of your
understanding of energy.

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Table 1: Scientific Words

To give evidence that you understand energy, you must use a variety of scientific words.

Scientific words related to energy Action words related to energy
-absorb
-reflect
-convert
-thermal energy -transfer
-mechanical/kinetic energy -turn into
-electromagnetic energy -conduct and flow (talking about wires/electrical energy)
-chemical energy
-electrical energy
-radiation
-homeostasis
-thermoregulation
-conduction

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Table 2: Clothing specifics (Choose either an extremely

hot place or an extremely cold place!)
Location Oymyakon, Russia

(highlight 1)
Extreme climate

Extremely cold / Extremely hot, sunny, and dry / Extremely
hot, rainy, and humid
Average temperature in hottest/coldest month January: -56 C˚
(choose one)

Average daylight hours in hottest/coldest month January: 05:53

(choose one)

Average sunlight hours in hottest/coldest month January: 00:56

(choose one)

Average precipitation in hottest/coldest month 6mm

(choose one)

Activity you are designing your clothing for Everyday outside work

Figure 1: Sketch or design of your clothing

(You can either sketch on paper and insert an image or make a sketch on Google draw and insert an image &
link!)
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Remember: to help stay warm/cool, we must end up with thermal energy!

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Table 3: Energy to control

Type of energy you will control How it works in order to create thermal energy

Electric energy I will have warmers in the jacket, and these warmers are
attached to wires that conduct electric energy as signals
from sensors in the jacket. The sensors will send out a signal
through the wires to the warmers when the skin feels cold
(reaches a certain temperature) and then from the batteries
in the warmers will create thermal energy so that the person
will feel warmer. The batteries for the warmers and wires are
going to be re-chargeable by being plugged into a wall
socket that will conduct electric energy to the batteries.
Thermal energy My jacket is made of breathable fabric which helps the extra
thermal energy evaporate off the body. The body heat helps
the sweat turn into a gas which then evaporates off of the
body. This creates thermal energy because the breathable
fabric lets the thermal energy evaporate off of your head as
a gas.
Electromagnetic energy My jacket will be black or dark blue. Having the colour be
dark helps the person stay warm because the wavelengths
(electromagnetic energy) from the sun cause the molecules
on the object (in this case the jacket) to start moving which
then creates heat/thermal energy.




** You can use this information to help write your scientific evidence in Table 5 of this packet.**

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Statement of Inquiry: Human survival depends upon changing and controlling forms of energy.
Your clothing design must also have some features that are special for where you will be and what activity you will be doing.
The special features of the clothing are:
Table 4: Special features (insert rows as necessary)
Special features of my What the special features will do
clothing design (here is where I should talk
about homeostasis and how
(here is the place you might my feature will keep the body
check the collaborative notes in homeostasis)
for ideas!)
Warmers in the Jacket The warmers in the jacket help to
keep the body in homeostasis
because they keep the body warm
when the skin gets cold. The
warmers will turn on when the
skin reaches a specific
temperature. This is important for
survival in the cold because it
prevents the person from getting
too cold or freezing.
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Based on the area of the world What makes you say
that you have chosen for your this? What evidence can
clothing, what possible issues* you provide that supports
might there be with your your claim that there
clothing design? could be an issue?? (Your
*Issues could be cultural, economic, environmental,  evidence can be words, pictures,
ethical, moral, political, or social. and/or multimedia but don’t forget to
CITE THE SOURCES in your source list)
This might be where you talk 
about trends, or cultural 
information, or non‐biological 
aspects or survival.
There might be a economical Because people here
problem with this jacket, (oymyakon) still make
because there are warmers in most money off of selling
the jacket that have animals on the market,
rechargeable batteries in so I don’t think they have
them. This could be a problem a lot of money to spend
because the people in my on things like battery
place might not be able to powered jackets and also
afford this kind of jacket. This people might want to
could also be an stick with their own
environmental issue because methods of keeping warm
the batteries might not be with just a normal winter

Statement of Inquiry: Human survival depends upon changing and controlling forms of energy.
Breathable Fabric (inside) This feature helps maintain
homeostasis because it lets the
sweat (as a gas) of the person
evaporate off of the skin and out
of the jacket.
Waterproof fabric (outside) Having the outside part of the
jacket be waterproof means that
rain, snow or wind won’t get into
the jacket and cause the body of
the person wearing the jacket to
get cold. It helps to maintain
homeostasis because the cold
won’t be able to cool down the
body temperature of the person.
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very environmentally friendly.
A problem with this feature
might be that it would get too
cold in this kind of
weather/temperature (-60 or
under).
Waterproof fabric isn’t always
the most fashionable and you
can’t always move around in it
so well. This could be a
problem because my jacket is
meant for everyday outside
work and that means moving
around the whole time. Also
waterproof material isn’t the
warmest fabric so it could be a
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jacket.
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reasons
Located in the heart of
Siberia, the village of
Oymyakon in Russia is
widely considered to be the
coldest inhabited place on
Earth. A temperature of −90
°F (−67.7 °C) was recorded
there back in 1933 — the
lowest recorded temperature
for any permanently inhabited
spot in the world.
(From a website)
This jacket isn’t very
fashionable and it looks
like it is quite thin and
not really warm enough
for a cold winter.
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reasons

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Flap that covers zip Over the zip there is a flap that
covers it, so that the cold wind
and/or rain or snow doesn’t get in.
This feature also helps maintain
homeostasis because it doesn’t let
the cold affect the body or skin
temperature. open.
Fluff in the hood This helps the person to stay
warm because most of the
heat/thermal energy evaporates
off of the head and if there is a
hood that is warm, the heat will
stay inside the body. It helps
maintain homeostasis because the
heat can’t evaporate off of the
person and that keeps the person
warm and then the body
temperature doesn’t sink.
Elastic Rubber Band at Hands This helps the person stay warm
because the elastic rubber band
closes the end of the jacket (at the
hands) so that wind, rain or snow
can’t get in the jacket. This helps
maintain homeostasis because it
doesn’t let the cold weather affect
the body temperature, because it
won’t let the cold weather inside
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problem with the
weather/temperature.
There could be a problem with
the weather with this feature
because if the weather gets
really cold and snowy, the flap
could freeze to the jacket and
then it would be really hard to
A problem could be that the
fluff on the inside could freeze. is frozen and that could
In this case the fluff would do
more harm than good because
the cold in the head would
make the head really cold and
that could cause the body T˚
to sink.
A problem could be that the
rubber band is too tight and it
could stop the blood flow of
the persons hand.
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Since mostly everything
else freezes (like houses,
cars, trees, etc.) I think
that a jacket zipper flap
would also freeze in this
cold weather.
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reasons
Here the fluff on the hood
happen to the inside too.
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reasons
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reasons
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the jacket.
Tight closing at neck This helps the person stay warm A problem could be that this
because wind, rain or snow can’t could be too tight around the Image removed for copyright
get in from the head/neck. This neck and then it could affect reasons
helps maintain homeostasis the breathing of the person or
because the cold weather won’t leave marks at the neck. This
get in the jacket and affect the could also be uncomfortable.
body temperature of the person.
Black/Dark Blue coloured This helps the person stay warm A problem with this could be
jacket because, the colour black absorbs that there is not a lot of Image removed for copyright
the molecules from the sun and sunlight for where I am doing reasons
then the molecules are moving the jacket for.
more and are creating thermal
energy. This helps maintain
homeostasis because the thermal
energy that the molecules create
keep the person warm.




In the description of your final product, you must use scientific evidence to explain why the features are necessary and
effective to keep you warm. The scientific evidence will come from these categories:
1. The data and results of an experiment you design and carry out in class
2. The data and results of the color-temperature experiments we did in class
3. Your classroom notes/activities about energy
4. Your research

**You can use more than one category of scientific evidence to support one feature. For example, you can support the color
of your clothing by using evidence from color-temperature experiments AND from your journal notes about energy. This
means that your clothing may have only 2 or 3 special features, but you can still use all 4 categories of scientific evidence.**

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Use this space to organize your scientific evidence. You will include this evidence in the description of your final product. You
must have evidence from each of the categories:

Table 5: Scientific evidence

Scientific Evidence
1- My research
(Secondary Source)
(Check collaborative
notes)
Put the link here AND in
your bibliography
Feature supported:
Breathable but waterproof
fabric(s) jacket
The evidence from my
research that supports this
feature is: experiments that supports
I should make the fabric of
the jacket waterproof but
breathable because the
person will not overheat or
get wet from sweat or water
and the gore tex fabric is
woven together so tightly
3- Classroom
2- Color-temperature notes/activities about 4- My experiment
class experiments energy (to be filled in AFTER your
(Primary Source from (Journal/BRAIN/Any experiment)
our experiment) assignments we have FILL IN C.E.R.
done)
Feature supported: Feature supported:Warmers Feature supported:
Black/Dark Blue colour for with the wires from batteries Breathable fabrics
The evidence from the The evidence from my journal The evidence from my
color-temperature class notes about energy that experiment that supports this
supports this feature is: feature is:
this feature is:
I should make my jacket The chemical energy from the The Gore-Tex fabric should be
black or dark (navy) blue batteries turns into electrical used for outside clothing in
because wavelengths energy that flows through the Oymyakon because, the average
(electromagnetic energy) wires to the warmers that breathability time for the fabric
from the sun cause the turn this energy into thermal was 13.75 seconds. A fabric that
molecules on the object to energy, that keeps the person uses membranes has a very
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that water droplets can’t get
in, but sweat as gas can get
out, which helps the person
maintain homeostasis
because they don’t get too
hot, cold, sweaty or wet. since it can evaporate out of the
http://www.evo.com/waterp
roof-ratings-and-
breathability-guide.aspx Oymyakon because, sweat turns
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thermal energy, therefore liquid/water can get in from the
the T˚ on the black colour outside, but sweat can evaporate
changed from 19 to 26˚ in out of the jacket as a gas which
our colour experiment. means that the person will not
get wet or hot from the sweat
jacket.
https://isd.schoology.com/
course/144564448/materi
als/link/view/227900872 The Gore-Tex fabric should be
used for outside clothing in
into a gas because the body
passes on thermal energy that
turns the liquid sweat into a gas
that can evaporate off of the skin
and out of the jacket and the
gore-tex fabric dried in 3.42
minutes which means that the
fabric will not stay wet on the
skin for very long.
The Gore-Tex fabric should be
used for outside clothing in
Oymyakon because,
the fabric helps maintain
homeostasis because while
keeping the person warm, the
fabric lets the sweat evaporate
out of the jacket as a gas, and
the average breathability time
for the gore-tex material is 7.30
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seconds faster than the average
breathability time for the
polyester/cotton material, which
means that the gore-tex material
is more breathable and more
suitable for a warm, breathable
jacket material.

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Part 2: Experiment
Step 1: Explain the question or problem to be tested.

Question/Problem Background knowledge/research/
observations I’ve already made about the topic

I need to find a fabric that is breathable, so it lets the sweat
evaporate off of the person as a gas and the person doesn’t
get wet/sweaty. This fabric need to be able to let sweat
evaporate off of the person as a gas, but it should not let
water/other liquids in, from the outside.
The gore-tex fabric is breathable and also waterproof because it
has membranes that are woven together so tightly, that water can
not get inside, but sweat can evaporate out of the fabric as a gas.

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Step 2: Formulate & Explain a Testable Hypothesis

Some things I might be able to test about the question/problem What I think could happen if I tested these things and why I think
from Step 1 this based on science I know/researched?
(Add rows if necessary)

Test different breathable fabrics and see which fabric is the most I think that the fabric that allows most steam go through the
breathable. fabric will be the most effective and it will help survival in the
cold.

Test different waterproof-breathable fabrics and see which fabric It think that a waterproof fabric that uses membranes will be the
is best suited for my article of clothing. most suitable for my article of clothing because membranes are
designed so that water can’t get in from the outside, but sweat
can evaporate out of the jacket from the inside.

Test a breathable fabric VS. a waterproof fabric I think that a waterproof fabric would be better for the cold
because it won’t let the cold air and snow/ice in from the outside.

What fabrics, in general are best breathability.
Hypothesis
If (explain how you will change the thing you are testing)
scientific reason you think it will happen)
I think that breathable and waterproof-breathable would be best
for the article of clothing that I am designing because the person
wearing the jacket won’t get too cold or hot.
If….then….because….
then (what you think will happen because of the change you made) because (the

If I test different types of breathable fabrics then I think that a breathable fabric that uses membranes will be the
best suited for my article of clothing because membranes are designed so that it doesn’t allow water/liquids to get
through from the outside, but lets sweat evaporate off of the person’s skin.

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Step 3: Explain how to manipulate the variables/how to collect the data

What I am going to change What I am going to keep What I am going to
in all the test groups of my the same in all the test measure or count in the
experiment… groups of my experiment… experiment...

Independent I am going to Control I am going to keep Dependent I am going to

Variable change this Variable(s) this the same Variable measure or count
because... because... this because...
Breathable fabric I want to find out the glass beaker I want everything The time it takes I want to know this
what breathable the amount of except the types of for the mirror to because the faster
fabric is best for water used fabrics the same to fog up (s) it fogs up, the
my article of the size of the that I will know more breathable
clothing which will fabric exactly what fabric the fabric is.
help human how far the mirror is best suited for
survival in the is away from the my article of
extreme cold. fabric clothing.

Briefly explain what you’re going to do in your experiment.
You can use a diagram (from Google drawing) or words to summarize your experiment.
(Don’t list any steps yet! Just a bit of an overview!)

In this experiment I am going to test what fabric is the most breathable, because I want the fabric in my jacket to be breathable so that
the jacket is not trapping the person and the sweat inside it. I am going to test this by taking three breathable fabrics and putting them
over boiling water. The way I am going to tell which one is the most breathable is, holding a mirror over the fabric and seeing how fast
it fogs up. The faster the mirror fogs up, the more breathable the fabric is. Something else that we are also testing here, is how fast the
fabric dries after using it for the test. If it dries faster, it is better for an inside layer.

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How much data will be “enough” to accept or reject your hypothesis?

I think going through my method three times will give me enough data because then I can make an accurate average and can leave
space for human errors.

What will you do to be sure you have collected enough data to accept/reject your hypothesis?

I will make sure that I always follow all of the directions carefully in all of the tests and make sure that everything goes after the plan. If
there is something completely wrong about one of the tests, maybe I might have enough time to do the test again, but those are
human errors that can happen in any way. I will share my results with someone who did the same experiment to see if we have the
same/similar results.

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Step 4: Design method (your procedures)

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Materials:

Quantity/ Size Object

Number (when
necessary)

3 400ml Glass Beaker

3 / Timers

3 / Breathable Fabrics

1 / Kettle (or something to boil the water)

1 / Tape or Rubberband

1 c. 1m Table/Work surface

/ c. 2.7L Water

3 / Mirrors

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Methods:
(In writing your methods, make sure you mention what you will do with each of the variables listed in step 3!)

Description of what to do Picture
(if necessary)

1. Lay out all the materials on the work surface

2. Pour about 900 ml of water into the kettle and boil it

3. When the water is boiled, pour 300 ml of water into each beaker

4. Cover each beaker with one of the fabrics

5. Tape the fabrics to the beaker or but a rubber band over the fabrics so that they
don’t move

6. Put the mirrors above each of the beakers (one side on the beaker and the other
side should be slanted above the beaker 2 cm)

7. Start each of the timers for each of the beakers

8. Watch all the mirrors and once one mirror fogs up completely, stop the timer

9. Wait until you have stopped all timers (because all the mirrors are fogged up) and
make sure that you have recorded the time

10. Do the experiment twice more so that you have data from three experiments
(Look at the diagram above for the set up.)

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Part II of the Experiment
(testing how long it takes for a fabric to dry)
1. After testing a fabric, but it down flat on the table/work surface

2. Start the timer (place the timer beside the fabric so that you don’t get
mixed up or confused)

3. Keep checking the fabric now and then to see if it is dry

4. Once the fabric is completely dry (it isn’t damp), stop the timer and record
the time

5. Do this after every experiment (after each Part I experiment)

What safety considerations, if any, might you need to make in doing this experiment?

Make sure you are careful with the hot water! Also don’t hold the beaker in the air when the water is in it (this could lead to
the beaker falling because it gets too hot for your hand!).

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Step 5: Collect, Organize, Transform, Present Data

Collect & Organize Data

Insert an image of Here is the link to my data table.
your Data Table

AND paste the link to
your Google sheet with
the Data Table
Make the link viewable by
anyone at ISD!

Transform Data
What mathematical calculations will you do with your data? Why is this calculation necessary/important for your results?
(Calculations can be done in Google Sheet!)

AVERAGE This is important because then you don’t have to use all the
information you got from the experiments, you just have to use
the average (for the graph).

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Present Data
What variable from your Nr. 1 = The Fabrics that we used
experiment will appear on Nr. 2 = The Fabrics that we used
the x-axis?

What variable from your Nr. 1 = Average time for water to evaporate through fabric (s)
experiment will appear on Nr. 2 = Average time for the fabric to dry (min)
the y-axis?

Insert the image of your

graph

Nr. 1 =

Nr. 2 =
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Step 6: Interpret & Explain Results
Experiment results
Make a list of the results that you noticed/observed or calculated from the
experiment
The boiling water evaporated through the gore tex fabric the
fastest. The average time was 13.75 seconds. Even though this
fabric let the water evaporate through the fastest, it wasn’t the
fastest to dry again after the project. The fabric dried in 3:58:14
minutes. This means that it was the slowest to dry.
The polyester was the second fastest for the water evaporating
through the fabric (average 14.32 sec). It was the fastest in drying
(average 88 sec).
The cotton was the third fastest to let the water evaporate through
it (average 15.07 sec) and it was the second fastest to dry after
the experiment.
The 50% cotton, 50% polyester was the slowest to let the water
evaporate through (average 21.05 sec) and was the third fastest
to dry (average 3.4211 min).
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Conclusions
For each result, write what the results might mean based on the science you
know/have researched
(you might have to do some scientific research for this step!)
This means that the water evaporated through the gore tex fabric
the fastest because the are membranes in the fabric. The
molecules are smaller as a gas (sweat evaporating) so that they
can fit through the tightly woven fabric/material.
This means that polyester is very breathable, but not as breathable
as the gore-tex fabric. This is because the fabrics and fibers are
extremely strong and if you have very thick polyester clothes they
don’t breathe, but the fabric that we used was quite thin. Polyester
was the fastest in drying and this means that Polyester is a quick-
drying fabric because it is hydrophobic which means that it can dry
quickly since the water doesn’t get absorbed into the fabric. This
material was very thin compared to the other fabrics. This also
gave it an advantage.
This means that cotton is breathable, but not as breathable as the
other fabrics. This is because even though cotton is breathable, it
is also hydrophilic which means that it could be that the fabric
absorbs the water that is evaporating, rather than letting it go
through. This is also the reason that it was not the fastest to dry.
The cotton we used, was a light cotton, so not a very thick layer.
This means that this fabric was not very successful because it
didn’t dry or test very well. This was because polyester is not very
breathable and it starts to stick to the skin when it gets sweaty (in
this case wet from the evaporation). It was also the third fastest to
dry because the fabric rather absorbs the water then drying the
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Step 7: Evaluate the hypothesis (conclusion)

Do the results support or reject your hypothesis? What The results support my hypothesis because I said that a if I
makes you say that? compared breathable fabric then I think that a fabric that
uses membranes will be best suited for my article of clothing
and the fabric that I am going to use, uses membranes.

What scientific idea(s)/research/ background knowledge I know my hypothesis is right because the fabric that tested
make you know that your hypothesis was supported or the best in our experiment used membranes. Using
rejected? membranes is good because they don’t let liquid/water get in
from the outside, but they let sweat evaporate out of the
jacket as a gas. This is possibly because the fabric is woven
together very tightly.

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Step 8: Evaluate the method/Step 9a: Discuss improvements to the method
Method or step from the Weakness with the step Suggestion for improvement
experiment
List methods or steps from the Explain the problem with each Describe how you could do the method or step differently so that there
experiment that did not work very method or step; in what way could could be fewer errors or inaccurate results
well or that could have been the method or step cause errors or
sources of error in the experiment inaccurate results
results

3. When the water is boiled, There was no real problem with We could have added into this step, that you have to boil the
pour 300 ml of water into each the step, but after a while, the water again when you do the experiment a second time. You
beaker water wasn’t warm enough could have added this somewhere else too.
anymore.

8. Watch all the mirrors and
once one mirror fogs up
completely, stop the timer
Sometime we weren’t completely
sure if the mirror had fogged up
already, so sometimes it might
have been fully fogged up before
we took the mirror off.
We could have held the mirror differently, or we could have found
another way to measure it. Instead of seeing if it went to the top,
we could have drawn a line on the mirror and seen how long it
took to get to there.

4. (Part II) Once the fabric is Sometimes we weren’t sure if the A way to make sure that we know for sure that the fabric is dry,
completely dry (it isn’t damp), fabric was dry or not, so we let it we could have looked at the fabric and if we would have seen
dry a little longer. darker spots (wet spots), we would have known that the fabric
stop the timer and record the was still wet.
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Step 9b: Extensions to the methods

Now that you have finished your experiment and analyzed your results, I would like to know more about how membranes work, because before
what is a new or different idea or question you have about the topic? this project I had never heard of a fabric that was waterproof and
breathable and I thought it was very interesting and amazing. I could do
the same experiment, just using fabrics that use membranes.

What can you change in your methods in order to test your new question I could do the experiment the same way. Maybe I would not do the drying
or idea? part because it is kind of hard to tell if the fabric is dry or not. With
everything else, I could do it the same way. Maybe I could add a part
where you can see how waterproof the fabric is as well.

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C E R
According to my experimental data, my tested feature is supported or not supported by my data.



Now that you have brainstormed that list, you need to organize the information as either Measurable, Observable
Facts or Explanations/ Scientific theory/ / What we’ve learned in class/ Research.

First
● Highlight “brainstorming” ideas that are Measurable, Observable Facts
● Do not highlight the “brainstorming” ideas that are Explanations/ Scientific theory/ / What we’ve learned in class/
Research.

Next, categorize these ideas as EVIDENCE or REASONING…
D= Data BK= Background knowledge/research

-The average time for the water to evaporate out of the polyester fabric is 14.31 seconds.D
-The average time for the water to evaporate out of the cotton fabric is 15.07 seconds.D
-The average time for the water to evaporate out of the polyester/cotton fabric is 21.05 seconds.D
-The average time for the water to evaporate out of the gore-tex fabric is 13.75 seconds.D
-The average time for the polyester/cotton fabric to dry is 3.4211 minutes. D
-The average time for the gore-tex fabric to dry is 3.5814 minutes. D
-The average time for the cotton fabric to dry is 1.9080 minutes. D
-The average time for the polyester fabric to dry is 0.88 minutes. D
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-A fabric that uses membranes has a very tightly woven fabric, so that no liquid/water can get in from the outside, but sweat
can evaporate out of the jacket as a gas. BK
-This helps maintain homeostasis because while keeping the person warm, the fabric lets the sweat evaporate out of the
jacket as a gas. BK
-Sweat turns into a gas because the body passes on thermal energy that turns the liquid sweat into a gas that can evaporate
off of the skin and out of the jacket. BK





Guiding (Testable) Question/Problem:

Claim: The gore-tex fabric should be used for outside clothing in Oymyakon.

Measured/ Observed Facts about

_______________________________

Rele- Not Un- Ev. # Evidence
vant Rele- sure
vant
1 The average time for the water to evaporate out of the gore-tex fabric is 13.75 seconds.

2 The average time for the water to evaporate out of the polyester/cotton fabric is 21.05
seconds.
3 The average time for the water to evaporate out of the cotton fabric is 15.07 seconds.

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4 The average time for the water to evaporate out of the polyester fabric is 14.31 seconds.

5 The average time for the gore-tex fabric to dry is 3.5814 minutes.

6 The average time for the polyester/cotton fabric to dry is 3.4211 minutes.

7 The average time for the cotton fabric to dry is 1.9080 minutes.

8 The average time for the polyester fabric to dry is 0.88 minutes.

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Explanations/ Scientific theory/ / What we’ve learned in class/ Research about

______________________________________________________


Rele- Not Rele- Un- R# Reasoning Goes with
vant vant sure Ev # ...?
1 A fabric that uses membranes has a very tightly 1
woven fabric, so that no liquid/water can get in
from the outside, but sweat can evaporate out of
the jacket as a gas.
2 Sweat turns into a gas because the body passes 5
on thermal energy that turns the liquid sweat into
a gas that can evaporate off of the skin and out of
the jacket.
3 This helps maintain homeostasis because while
keeping the person warm, the fabric lets the
sweat evaporate out of the jacket as a gas.
4

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Use the space and key words below to write out your CER in paragraph form. You need at least three “columns” to support
your claim.


since because for in that
given that seeing that If, then either or

for the reason that but may be inferred from therefore accordingly hence thus

consequently we may infer it must be said that/this implies that as a result so

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Please use this box for your CER sentences regarding your clothing feature.

The Gore-Tex fabric should be used for outside clothing in Oymyakon because, the average breathability time for the fabric
was 13.75 seconds. This fabric uses membranes and a fabric that uses membranes has a very tightly woven fabric, so that
no liquid/water can get in from the outside, but sweat can evaporate out of the jacket as a gas which means that the person
will not get wet or hot from the sweat since it can evaporate out of the jacket.


The Gore-Tex fabric should be used for outside clothing in Oymyakon because, as the person starts moving and they
generate more thermal energy, sweat turns into a gas. The body passes on thermal energy that turns the liquid sweat into a
gas that can evaporate off of the skin and out of the jacket and the gore-tex fabric dried in 3.58 minutes which means that
the fabric will not stay wet on the skin for very long.

The Gore-Tex fabric should be used for outside clothing in Oymyakon because,
the fabric helps maintain homeostasis while keeping the person warm. The fabric lets the sweat evaporate out of the jacket
as a gas, and the average breathability time for the gore-tex material is 7.30 seconds faster than the average breathability
time for the polyester/cotton material, which means that the gore-tex material is more breathable and more suitable for a
warm, breathable jacket material.

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Reflection:
One of the outcomes for
this unit was to set goals
and meet deadlines.
Please talk about how you
were able to do this?
How did this project help
you to “think like a
scientist?” Give specific
examples.
How did you grow as a
scientist or a scientific
thinker during this unit?
Give some specific
examples.
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I was able to do this because I set myself goals. I put them in the planning
calendar and I also said to myself when I should have what finished. I also tried to
work a little bit ahead of others, so that if I got stuck somewhere, I wasn’t falling
far behind.
I really had to “think like a scientist” in some parts of a project. For example in
Table 3, I had to think about how I was going to control the energy and why I was
going to do that. I also had to “think like a scientist” when I was thinking about
what to do in my experiment and how to test it. I also had to make sure that the
data I was collecting in my experiment was correct and that I was not making
mistakes in the process of the experiment.
I grew as a scientist in this UNIT because I learnt a lot of new information and the
new part to the document was really helpful in creating ideas for my clothing
design and what features to put in the clothing. I also grew a scientist because we
got to do mostly everything on our own and that challenged us to think critically
and like a scientist. I really grew a scientist when we did our experiments because
I had to think of all the things to test and how to test them and how to make sure
that the data was correct.
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