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reyrey12
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Project Question: Tying to find an answer for why is your experiment important/relevant/helpful to real world situations/applications?
I am experimenting popping different brands of popcorn to see which one has less un-popped kernels?
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Literature Review

Post by reyrey12 »

Hi everyone, I will be popping popcorn-three brands and the measures being which brand has the most popped corn. As I am trying to bring all this together,
and at this point; in the Literature review section of my experiment I have to cite at least 2 other studies that I can summarize and draw a connection with these external studies and my study. My school recommended completed online (projects) studies found on Science Buddies site. I don't have a problem reviewing, summarizing and drawing a connection, but I don't know how to find them? I am bouncing around this site and I need find to some completed projects that I can compare/Contrast with my Popcorn popping Experiment. Thank You so much Raymond

Craig Bridge; Thank You so much for the direction in regards to my question on Relevance.
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Re: Literature Review

Post by deleted-71417 »

Hi,

I have not found Science Buddes project results on popcorn volume studies. Here are some possibly relevant sites from a google search:

http://www.ehow.com/list_5914490_scienc ... -pops.html

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2005/Projects/S1506.pdf

http://www.apsva.us/1540108217759100/li ... tracts.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn

http://www.aaccnet.org/cerealchemistry/ ... 66_247.pdf

https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/download ... 6796013017

http://www.depts.drew.edu/govschl/NJGSS ... opcorn.pdf

http://discovermagazine.com/2005/may/physics-of-popcorn

http://edtech.boisestate.edu/bridges/Le ... 20Name.htm

Rhe bottom line here is I don’t think you will find reliable data on popping volume of popcorn, though you can find pretty good information on the factors that affect it. I hope this information helps, even though it is not exactly what you asked for.

Best regards,

Barrett L Tomlinson
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