Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hi,
I all ready know what I am interested in doing, except, I can't seem to come up with a real question.
http://www.naturalnews.com/020947.html
I would like to work on cranberry juices, which contains tannin and test its antibacterial effects (or how it impacts the bacteria.)
Apparently, I have to come up with a question that hasn't ever been answered and conduct research. I've done much background on cranberry juice/ tannins and their antibacterial effects, but I need a singular question. I know how to test it, but I seem to be struggling with a question. Thank you very much.

Hi SyntaxSolution,

One thing you could do is test the anitbacterial properties of the tannins in cranberries to other fruits and see which fruit has the highest concentration of tannins. Or you can test which antimicrobial compounds in fruits are stronger at killing bacteria.

Hope that helps!

-Sam

Hi,

Sam has give you some helpful suggestions. Asking the right question is the key for a successful project. You already have an excellent topic and the basic idea for your project, but you need to ask the question that can be answered by the specific experiment that you are going to do.
Here is the information from the Science Buddies website on developing your question. Please read through this and see if it will help you compose the question.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... tion.shtml

Based on your background research, what is your specific idea for an experiment that hasn’t been done before?

Donna Hardy