[CoLoCo] ubuntu and science fairs

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Feb 4, 2008 6:55 PM, Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a suggestion that is really more complicated than I'm presenting, but it should pass the muster of most science fair types.
>
> It's a takeoff on the plant bit, but it has some interesting and modern slants to it.  Germinate and grow for a short time some seeds with several different types of water:
>
> distilled
> tap
> tap water that was boiled on the stove top and stored in a tightly sealed container
> tap water that was microwaved to boiling and stored in a tightly sealed container
>   avoid unnecessary shaking
>
> there are obviously other varients
> The experimental results may reveal unexpected trends; there are those out there that make all kinds of claims for the properties of water.
>

I've actually heard of studies or reports that tested this and found
that microwave water was the worst. I don't know if it's true or not -
just urban legend perhaps.

-jim

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