Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: The International Boiling Point
Project
Project
Questions/Explorations
The questions below are suggestions for help in determining a hypothesis for the
project, follow-up discussions or further exploration. Students could
address some of these questions or try to make comparisons of their own.
Students could address some of these questions in their final reports.
Which factor in the experiment showed the strongest correlation to boiling
point? What "proof" do you have to back up your answer?
What was your original hypothesis? Were you surprised at your results?
Were you surprised at other classes' results?
What explanation can you give for your results?
Pick a different location from where you are. Predict what the boiling
point of water would be at that location. Would it be higher or lower than
what you found at your location? Why?
How important is accuracy of measurements in this experiment? Were there
any possibilities for inaccurate measurements in your experiment? What might
they be?
What would you change if you could repeat the experiment?
Is there another variable you would like to test to see how it might
affect boiling point?
Suggestions for additional discussion questions
will be gladly accepted! Contact the project
leader with your suggestion.