International Boiling Point Project

URL: http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/boilproj/

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The purpose of this project is to discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point. Anyone can participate in this year's project. All you have to do is boil a bit of water, record a bit of information, and send it along to the website to have your results included in the database of results. Then, students can analyze all of the data to reach an answer to the question: What causes a pot of water to boil?

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Subject keyword(s)	Asking questions, Education, Experimenting, Interpreting data, Science as inquiry, Science process skills
Grade level	Middle School, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education
Intended audience	Educator, Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html

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A CIESE Collaborative Project Login Project Information Home Overview Teacher Guide Tools Register Submit Data View Data Discussion Current Participants Resources Student Gallery Reference Material Ask an Expert Project Leader Other CIESE Projects The International Boiling Point Project Ever Wonder What Causes a Pot of Water to Boil? If you have, this project is for you! We have people all over the world boiling water. In the past we've had climbers on Mt. Everest, school children in La Paz, Bolivia and college professors in Cheyenne, Wyoming all participating in the project. The purpose of this project is to discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point. Anyone can participate in this year's project. All you have to do is boil a bit of water, record a bit of information, and send it along to us to include in the database of results. Then, students can analyze all of the data to reach an answer to the question: What causes a pot of water to boil Interested in participating? Please read the project overview for some general information as well as the schedule. Here are the participating schools that have signed up so far. This project is developed and managed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. You can learn more about this project and many other CIESE sponsored Internet-based educational activities by visiting http://www.ciese.org This project was developed and is managed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. © Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved The Center for Innovation in Science and Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Student Gallery Reference Material Ask an Expert Project Leader Other CIESE Projects Register Submit Data View Data Discussion Current Participants Home Overview Teacher Guide