Science Fair Project
A spark on woodChemistry
Will Borders Alexander Alvarnas
Statement of the problem
• We wanted to know which wood burns quickest.
Project overveiw
Research
• We researched that pine is most commonly used.
• We researched what type of wood we should use for the experiment.
• We researched mesquite is not common but it catches fire pretty quickly, so we used it.
• The computer said juniper is pretty common but it really isn’t used as fire wood much.
Variables
• Our independent variable is the type of wood we use.
• Our dependent variable is how quickly it catches on fire.
• The constant variables is the lighter, the room, the fireplace, the temperature, the placement of the wood, and the volume of the wood.
• The control group is the pine because it is most commonly used in homes.
Hypothesis
• Our hypothesis is pressed wood will burn out quickest.
Materials
• Parent supervision• Gloves• Lighter• 2 by 4 pieces of wood• Five pieces of the wood each• Stop watch• Fireplace
procedure
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