Emma+B14

Emma Brown 2013- 2014
 * THE STUDY OF HOW CANDLES MELT**


 * ABSTRACT**

The purpose of this study was to determine if the different types of candles melt different lengths. Candles can be made in many ways including candle pressing and; the dipping process. This experiment was done by lighting candles of different types for 2 minutes and subtracting the height after burning from the original height. Overall, candles that melted longer were all the same height and type melted more, and the type that had weird curves and melted for a shorter amount of time melted less the way the candles were measured. Since the candle was measured from the highest point and number candles cave in the middle they lost no height because the sides of the candle stayed the exact same at the point where the candle was measured.

I think that I could have improved on the creativity in my experiments and the originality when coming up with experiments. This way, my paper would over all be more interesting. Also, I think that I could have lit many candles at once instead of one at a time, and that would have saved a lot of time and energy. In the future I think an experiment about the amount of light that should be used to read documents could be tested. I think as another future experiment, I think the amount of wax dripping off of a candle for different amounts of time could be tested. To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **