Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I need help my project is due soon. The object of my project is to find out through experimintation if alcohol and tobacco had an effecty on the heart of the custantacean Daphina magna. i NEED HELP NARROWING DOWN MY QUESTION AND I NEED HELP FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION. AND WEBSITES THAT GIVE ME INFORMATION SO THAT IT WILL BE EASY FOR A FRESHMAN TO UNDERSTAND. PLEASE HELP

Hi!

This seems to be an interesting question. Also, no need to worry about narrowing down your question. This question seems fine. Here are some site that might help ( I hope they are easy to understand):

1.https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... ?from=Home
2. http://www.nwabr.org/education/articles ... iculum.doc
3. http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2003/Projects/J1408.pdf

I hope these sites help especially the first one.

Hi ashley2,

This sounds like a very interesting project.

Try going to scholar.google.com. In the search bar, type in your question "Effect of Alcohol on Daphnia Magna" and do the same for tobacco. I found an overflow of PDF files on your topic. Keep in mind that these are published science journals, and that you are to come up with your own project.

Try visiting a local university library if it is open to the public. They are bound to have science journals.

I'm not very clear on how you want to narrow your question. As Jessica said, it seems fine!

I hope this helps!

Good luck,
Sareena

Hi Ashley,

It's against the rules to do a project using anything that it is illegal for you to have, including alcohol and tobacco. You project would be disqualified from the science fair. So, you need to change your topic. What was the purpose of your project? Perhaps we can help you think of something similar to do, but not with alcohol or tobacco.

Donna Hardy