Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hi Prakash,

I have read your entire presentation and I found it to be creative, well written, and very comprehensive. However, I realize the problem with the presentation as a science project, is that it is not based on any scientific information. There is no bibliography, detailed drawings, details of the experimental protocol or results, or other documentation that would make it believable from a scientific point of view. For this type of presentation you need to find a reference in the scientific literature to support every statement you make. If you look back at any of the references I posted from scientific journals, all start out with a review of the literature, and if you were to read the articles in the bibliography, there would be experimental data to support the conclusions. One example is the reference from the architect; you would need to cite his credentials to make his statement credible and you would need for him to state that your building could actually be built. You would need to find a citation that showed that jatropha and karanj could be grown with reflected light and include it in your paper. If you will go back to the posts that I made about your project, you will find many other specific suggestions that would make this project more scientific. With science projects, everything has to be documented, either with previously published data or with new experimental results.

I hope this explanation is clear about what you need to do. I intended my comments to be helpful so that you would know what to do to improve the project before you present it again. You have some really good ideas and you have done an incredible amount of work here so far. Please do let me know if you have any questions.


Donna Hardy

Sir,
would growing plants on a 20 floor 200m*200m building would be more profitable than growing plants on 190 acre farm?

Hie,

I think the question, from a scientific point of view, is whether plants would grow at all in a 20 floor building with reflected light. If you could demonstrate that plants would actually grow and produce fruit inside a building, then your project would be feasible. When I was searching for information for your project, I could not find any credible references on this topic, so I think you need to actually try it on a small scale. If you could verify results, then your project could be justified.


Donna Hardy

we went to another competition yesterday and our project got the 1st prize claiming best project and a trophy.

also our school got the championship trophy for best school.

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Hi Prakash,

I apologize for the delay in responding to your earlier message. Congratulations on winning at the second competition. You had certainly worked very hard on your project and I think the new set of judges recognized your creativity. Thanks for the information on the new website. Good luck to you in the future!


Donna Hardy

thank you sir!!!

sir,
we again went to a competition, a science exhibition were our project was displayed. more than 50 schools participated., here we again won.
we won the best innovative project.
this is second award.
and i hope we keep on getting new awards

Hi Prakash,

Congratulations on your new award at the competition. Your project certainly deserved recognition for its innovation and creativity. Good luck to you in the future!


Donna Hardy