student research project # 8

Packaging has a major influence on the consumer. If the packaging is appealing then the product is most likey to be more expensive than a product with plain packaging

In this experiment you have to make sure that your opinion according to your appetite and taste buds is not wat makes your decisions

Make decisions according to the prices

Student Research Project # 7

To make this experiment more reliable all of the chocolates have to be milk chocolate and they either have to be all cooking chocolate or all normal chocolate.

When melting the chocolate I have decided to have a boiling saucpan underneath, and have the saucepan with the chocolate on top so that it can melt at a constant rate. Water boils at 100 degrees celsius so the chocolate will be melted at a constant rate.

Always record results as soon as chocolate has melted

Student Research Project # 6

The chocolate i have chosen for this experiment are:

• Cadbury
• Nestle
• Homebrand

Cadbury is the most expensive, which I believe is the chocolate of the highest quality. Nestle is the average priced chocolate which I believe is the chocolate of average quality and  Home Brand is the cheapest chocolate, which I believe is the chocolate of lesser quality.

I believe that Cadbury will melt the fastest, Nestle will take a little more time to melt than the Cadbury and Home Brand is the chocolate which will take the longest to melt out of the three. 

Student Research Project #5

Why have I chosen to melt the chocolate on low heat?

I have chosen to melt the chocolate on low heat because there is only a small proportion of chocolate being melted. Also melting the chocolate on low heat will make this experiment more time consuming. It may seem like a bad thing but if more time is put into the experiment the more it is reliable and of better standards it is. 

Is the chocolate of the highest quality always of your liking?  

Everybody has different tastes as everyone is unique and all have different taste buds. If a chocolate is expensive and is of highest quality it doesn't mean that everbody is going to like it. Why am I talking about this? Because it is another factor that has to be taken into account. Your thoughts of what you think is the best chocolate cannot interfere with actual fact. What I am trying to say in this case is that if you think a particular chocolate is of higher quality because it is of your liking, it doesn't mean that is of the highest quality according to the the distributor. 


REFER BACK TO TIPS ON PREVIOUS BLOGS

Student Research Project #4

 

This is how the chocolate should be separated and kept at the beginning of the experiment.

Why this way?

I have chosen to separate the chocolate in this particular way because it will keep my working area more organised and it will be easier for me to do the experiment. If my working area is organised the layout of all the other components of this experiment will be neat and ordered. It is much better to work in a neat and tidy area because it will prevent accidents and mishaps from occurring. 

NOTE:  REMEMBER TO KEEP THE SAUCEPAN/POT LIKE THIS WHILE ON THE STOVE.

  THE HANDLE IS TURNED TO THE SIDE

 

Student Research Project #3

Safety Precautions

When doing this experiment, there are many rules which I have abide by. Some of these rules include:

• No running in the kitchen
• Keep face well away from the stove
• When using a knife keep fingers well out the way
• Tie hair back
• Keep kitchen clean at all times to avoid accidents
• Keep handle of the saucepan/pot faced to the side (not faced towards you or else there will be mishaps)

Now what next?

Now I have written down what I have to be cautious of when doing this experiment, I have to write out my method.

• The first question I asked myself was, have I drawn my table to record my results in? I have already given an example of what the table should look like in the previous blog.
• I then figured that we have to get the correct measurements. First you have to look at how many grams the chocolate bars weighs (packet should say how many grams). Then you have to cut the bar into pieces (if the bar is not already 100 grams, I suggest getting a 300 gram bar because your measurements will be more precise for the 3 tests you conduct). NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU DO EACH CHOCOLATE BAR ONE BY ONE SO THAT THEY DON'T GET MIXED UP.
• After cutting the bars into pieces you have to use the kitchen scales to make accurate measurements. (100 grams).
• Label  bowls ( 1 expensive, 2 average, 3 cheap ), put the 100 grams of chocolate into their bowl. NOTE: KEEP THE OTHER CHOCOLATE TO THE SIDE MEASURED AND READY

• Turn the stove on low heat.
• Stir the chocolate once with the wooden spoon when it begins to melt.
• Record the time it took to melt.
• Repeat this experiment for this chocolate twice more.
• Repeat this experiment for the two other types of chocolates.