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Title
What Fruit Kills Your Gelatin

Problem Scenario
I chose this experiment because whenever I go to birthday parties or parties I never come empty handed and I wondered what fruit should you not put into your gelatin.

Broad Question
What Fruit Kills (Ruins) Gelatin?

Specific Question
What Fruit Will Do The BEST At Killing Your Gelatin?

Hypothesis
I think that the Fresh Pineapple will not allow the gelatin to set the correct way.Only because the ingredients in the pineapple juice won't mix well with the ingredients in the gelatin.

Independent Variable:
The Amount of Gelatin in the cups, and the amount of fruit in each cup.

Dependent Variable:
If the Gelatin sets or not.

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:
The Flavor of the Gelatin The Amount of Fruit put in the Gelatin The Brand of Gelatin

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation
**//Acidity- 1. The quality or state of being acid.//** **//2. Sourness ; Tartness//** **//3. Excessive acid quality; as the Gastric juice//** **//Gastric - Pertaining to the Stomach//**

General Plan
1. Put the fruit and Gelatin in the cups 2. Record Data each Ten Minutes 3. Add all the data together 4. See if my Hypothesis is correct 5. EAT THE GELATIN!!!!

Potential Problems And Solutions
I might not buy enough gelatin, fruit or cups. I would buy 5 boxes of gelatin. 2 of each types of fruit. 2 packs of Dixie cups.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
Safety Concerns: Make sure that I clean up my project so that in case if some of the jello spills on the floor nobody slips and falls on it and nobody gets hurt. Environmental Concerns: NONE

Number Of Trials:
3

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
5

When data will be collected
March, 2012

Number of Observations:
3

Where will data be collected?:
At home, Mr. Biche's Science Room

Resources and Budget Table

 * ITEM || WHERE I'M GOING TO GET IT || COST || QUANTITY || TOTAL MONEY SPENT ||
 * Poster Board || Staples || $ 5.00 || 1 || $ 5.00 ||
 * Gelatin Mix || Wal-Mart || $ 2.50 || 2 || $ 5.00 ||
 * Variety of Fruit || Shaw's || $ 1.50 - $ 4.50 || 5 || $ 7.50 - $ 22.50 ||
 * Dixie Cups ( 100 ct.) || Hannaford || $ 3.00 || 1 || $ 3.50 ||


 * Fruit || Solidness on scale of 1-10 || Time Allowed for Gelatin To Set Before Collecting Data ||
 * Lemon || 10 || 1 Hour ||
 * Orange || 10 || 1 Hour ||
 * Strawberry || 10 || 1 Hour ||
 * Canned Pineapple || 10 || 1 Hour ||
 * Fresh Pineapple || 0 || 1 Hour ||

Detailed Procedure

 * 1) Buy Supplies
 * 2) Set up supplies
 * 3) Set up cups in rows
 * 4) Make Gelatin
 * 5) Prepare Fruit
 * 6) Put fruit into cups
 * 7) Pour Gelatin Into Cups
 * 8) Insert Cups into fridge
 * 9) Let Gelatin Set for 1 hour
 * 10) Take Gelatin Out of the fridge
 * 11) Test your Theory
 * 12) Collect Data
 * 13) Dump out the gelatin that failed
 * 14) EAT THE REST OF THE GELATIN!!!!! YUMMY

Conclusion
My hypothesis was correct. When I did the experiment I did 3 trials so I made sure that I didn't mess anything up. Along with doing 3 trials it was a way of having certain data, and when I collected my data it followed my hypothesis, so Yes, my hypothesis was correct.

Benefit to Community and/or Science
My projects benefit to the community. It lets the community know what fruit not to put in their gelatin. And the answer is DON"T USE FRESH PINEAPPLE. Canned is different then Fresh because canned is put into a can and stored for 2-3 days before shipping out to stores. Fresh Pineapple is different because Fresh is picked from where it is grown Brought to the factory washed up given a sticker with the company's name on it, and shipped out to stores.