Paddy S Pool Problem
Introduction
An Irish rogue named Paddy Proportionovich had recently left Ireland under questionable circumstances and fled to the Amazon jungle in South America. While in a remote area of the Amazon, Paddy heard of a lost pool of gold and decided to go in search of it. After several months, he stumbled out of the jungle, stood at the edge of a village, swaying, and said, “I found it!” He then died.
A chemical engineering company obtained the samples that paddy had brought out of the jungle and a map that he had drawn. Satellite surveys have confirmed that there is a round pool on top of a volcano exactly where Paddy’s map indicated. The satellite survey further determined that the pool’s dimensions were .150 miles in diameter with a uniform depth of 32.0 meters. The company had determined that they will need to spend 1.71 trillion dollars in recovering the gold from the remote pool on top of the volcano.
The company has requested your expertise in determining whether or not they will make a profit in the extracting the gold from the pool.
Materials
· Approximately 50 mL sample of gold mixture from pool.
· Any necessary lab equipment
Procedure
1. Determine the purpose and write it in your data book.
2. Determine the materials you will use and write them in the Materials Section
3. Write a Procedure that my or your mom could follow in steps.
4. Have your procedure approved by Miss H
5. Obtain your sample from Miss H and conduct your experiment.
6. Record your data in the data portion of your lab book.
7. Create a formal lab report (Typed) containing the Purpose,Procedure(Materials and Steps),Data Data Analysis and Conclusion Sections according to the formal Lab report requirements.
8. Note: You will be graded specifically on your Procedure, Data Analysis and Conclusion.
Data Analysis
Statement of whether Paddy’s Pool should be excavated backed up with data
CALCULATIONS Show all of your calculations1 and give a narration with each step. Each calculation must be clearly labeled in this section. If a method of calculation is repeated for multiple trials, you do not need to duplicate the explanation of the problem solving method. Work still needs to be shown for all calculations. For each calculation, show the set-up for your calculation, cancellation of units if appropriate, and units for the answer. Make sure your answers are recorded to the correct number of significant digits (figures), and are boxed or shown in a chart. You should calculate an average (show the work for this and follow significant digit rules) for experiments involving multiple trials.
This section should be formatted as seen below:
Label: Ex: Density of Metal
Work: 4.5g/5.2mL = .87 g/mL
Explanation of work: In order to find the Density the mass was divided by the volume of the metal
The Conclusion -
This is the section where you tie everything together. Use the examples on the bottom of this page.
The conclusion should be written out in paragraph form and should include the following parts. Use the italicized words as guides to begin your statements.
1. The purpose of this experiment was to ... (Check your purpose)
2. Our procedure was to ... (What did you do in the lab? Be very brief)
3. Our purpose was/was not achieved.
4. My experiment showed that ...(your results here) (Use data from your experiment to support whether your purpose was achieved)
5. Factors that affect our results are ... (What is the error? What affect does this error have on your data? Keep in mind you may have more that one error but NO "could of's" or "should of's")
6. Our results could be improved if we ... (Suggestions for improvement on the lab [better equipment is not a valid suggestion] or I could take this experiment further by… and/or I would also like to investigate…