MYTH BUSTERS
What did we do?
Like all of our projects, we had to be partnered. We wrote down who we thought we'd work well with on a piece of paper, and Scott assigned us with our partners based on who we put down.
For this specific project, each partnership decided on a "myth" to investigate. My partner, Christian, and I decided on this myth:
"Do glowsticks last longer in colder environments?"
The next week, we got to work.
For this specific project, each partnership decided on a "myth" to investigate. My partner, Christian, and I decided on this myth:
"Do glowsticks last longer in colder environments?"
The next week, we got to work.
The investigation
For our investigation of the myth, we had to do the simplest of things: stick a glowstick in a freezer.
However, when you do an investigation based on a hypothesis (which was, I think glowsticks last longer when they're cold), you need to also have a control group, or one that you don't do anything to. The control group would be the glowstick that was outside of the freezer.
Scott went ahead and used our 10$ budget to buy 7 glowsticks and we used what we needed.
After repeating this for about a week, we checked our data and were unsurprised.
However, when you do an investigation based on a hypothesis (which was, I think glowsticks last longer when they're cold), you need to also have a control group, or one that you don't do anything to. The control group would be the glowstick that was outside of the freezer.
Scott went ahead and used our 10$ budget to buy 7 glowsticks and we used what we needed.
After repeating this for about a week, we checked our data and were unsurprised.
In conclusion, glowsticks do last longer when they're cold.
MYTHBUSTED!