Interview With and Expert (topic- food science)

[maddie]

Hi!
Im doing a science expierament and need a few questions answered. Thanks for helping me with my expierament and answering my questions.

Why does water boil?
What effect does salt have on the way water boils and why?
What effect does sugar have on the way water boils and why?
Does the type of pan used to boil water have an effect on how fast it boils?
Does the type of stove you have (gas, electric, ect.) effect how fast water boils?

Thanks again!

[deleted-42343]

Hi maddie,

Please read the following rules for interviews (specifically read #4)

For those of you who have been asked to interview an expert as part of your science fair project, please remember and abide by the following:

(1) The posting of your personal contact information, such as email addresses, phone numbers, instant messaging IDs, etc. is prohibited to protect your safety and privacy.

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(3) Post your interview questions AT LEAST 3 DAYS BEFORE your due date (earlier is even better!), otherwise it is unlikely you will get answers in time. While we have a diverse group of Experts who volunteer of the Forums, most of them check the Forums once a week and we do not have an Expert in every single possible area of science. For this reason, if you do not receive a response to your questions within 48 hours, please make alternative arrangements/seek out an expert elsewhere.

(4) Please do NOT post background research questions about your project (examples of background research questions are: "What ingredients are in bread?" "What is DNA and how does it replicate?" "Why do plants need the sun to survive?" "How does an electric motor work?"). It is the student's job to try and answer such questions by doing their own research. Interview questions should be about the expert being interviewed, NOT questions you want to have answered about your project. Examples of good and relevant interview questions are: "How long have you worked in this field?" "Why did you become a scientist?" "What do you like most about being a biologist?" "I think my project is useful and important because [discuss why you think it is useful]. Do you agree?"

If you are having trouble finding a resource to answer a background research question, or you don't understand a particular concept, it is perfectly fine to ask a more specific question AFTER doing your best to figure it out on your own, but such questions still do not make good interview questions (please put them in a different post under the same topic).

(5) You will have the most success if you make your questions relatively general (i.e. instead of asking specific questions about chocolate, ask about working in chemistry or physics). Questions that are too specific will potentially go unanswered unless the Expert happens to work with exactly the topic mentioned. Your interview questions might ask about working in a certain field (physics, chemistry, etc.), or how the Expert became interested in science, etc.

Please give your teacher this information if their instructions for interview questions break any of these rules.


Good luck and let us know if you have questions after doing some more background research on your questions.