GOURD JOEY

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GOURD JOEY

• Group 9
• Carrie Davidson
• Amanda Roth
• Daniel Miles
• Mrs.Colemans Pre Algebra class
• Oct 29, 1998 - Jan 12 99

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ALL ABOUT GOURDS

• Gourd come in many different shapes, sizes, and
  colors. Gourds can be used as many different
  things, when dried out,such as bird houses, cups,
  bowls, dippers, and even cooking containers. Many
  gourds are often used as decoration.This shows
  that gourds have many different uses!
• Gourds. The World Book Encyclopedia,Volume 8,
  page 281 (Chicago World Book Inc., 1990).

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Scientific Method

• Question
• How would the mass of a gourd change over a
  period of time?
• Materials
• Triple balance beam
• weights
• gourd

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Scientific Method cont.

• Hypothesis
• We think that the gourds mass will change
  greatly.
• Experiment
• The experiment was to find out if the gourds mass
  will change over a period of time.

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Scientific Method cont.

• Procedure
• We measured the weight of the gourd weekly by
  weighing it on a triple beam balance.
• We gathered data such as its weight in grams,
  kilograms, and how it looked on its rind.
• Conclusion
• Our conclusion was that the gourd did change
  greatly over the period of time in weight and
  color.

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Table of Measurement Data
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Weight In Grams
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Measurement in Kilograms
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