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Science Fair Powerpoint Final
Science Fair Powerpoint Final
Science Fair Powerpoint Final
EXERIMENTAL DESIGN
If the soaps are more lathering, they could be an effective cleanser for
helping animals affected by oil spills. CONCLUSIONS
• Independent variable: Soaps In conclusion, the mango butter soap could be used as an
• Dependent variable: Cleanliness of feathers
Effectiveness for each alternative to the DAWN soap, but it would have to be used
• Control: Water
• Hypothesis: If the soap has more lather, it will be more effective, but it
soap twice each time you cleanse. The DAWN soap would be used in
could damage the feather more urgent cases that deal with more oil, but the mango butter
MATERIALS should be used in less important cases where the animal has not
● Feathers Soap #2 Soap #3 been soaked in oil for a long period of time. The hypothesis was
• Coconut oil • Coconut oil correct because the two most lathering soaps were the most
● Magnifying glass
• Olive oil • Olive oil Figure 1: The feathers after Figure 2: The feathers after Figure 3: The feathers after
● DAWN dish soap • Avocado oil • Avocado oil
being soaked in oil for 24
hours
being washed with water being washed with water
(Trial 2)
effective and the one with most lather was more damaging yet
● Motor fuel • Shea butter • Sweet almond oil more effective.
● Water • Castor oil • Castor oil
• Lye • Mango butter
● Bowls
• Water • Palm oil
● Soap mold • Lye Figure 4: The feathers after Figure 5: The feathers after Figure 6: The feathers after
being soaked in oil for 24 being washed with the shea being washed with the shea
● Hand mixer • Water hours butter soap butter soap (Trial 2)
REFERENCES
● Eye protection • How oil harms animals and plants in marine environments. (2019, February 25).
● Gloves Office of Response and Restoration. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/
how-oil-harms-animals-and-plants-marine-environments.html
• NOAA. (2020, March 11). How does oil impact marine life? National Ocean Service.
Figure 7: The feathers after Figure 8: The feathers after Figure 9: The feathers after
being soaked in oil for 24 being washed with the mango being washed with the mango Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/
hours butter soap butter soap (Trial 2) oilimpacts.html#:~:text=Oil%20spills%20are%20harmful%20to,well%20as%20fish%20an%
20shellfish.&text=Oil%20destroys%20the%20insulating%20ability,creatures%20to%20th
e%20harsh%20elements.
• Shaw, K. (2019, September 2). The best cold process recipe. Heart's Content
Farmhouse. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from
https://heartscontentfarmhouse.com/making-cold-process-soap-for-the-shower/
Figure 10: The feathers after Figure 11: The feathers after Figure 12: The feathers after • All pictures were taken by Arsha Kishor
being soaked in oil for 24 being washed with the being washed with the