Week 2- entry 2

• Method used to collect results:

(Eihab Taouk)


Step 1: Speak to the manager of the Roseland aquatic centre



Step 2: Pay for entry



Step 3: Dress in attire:

• Jeans and hoody jumper

• Swimming shorts

• swimsuit

Step 4: prepare stopwatch (To time the swimmer from start to finish)



Step 5: One person stands at the start of the pool to time the swimmers take-off while another person stands at the end of the pool to time the finish point



Step 6: swim 50 metres whilst dressed in attire.



Step 7: Video camera and/or digital camera the swimmers performance for evidence & further investigation.



Step 8: Swimmer gets out of the pool, dry’s himself and gets dressed for his next attire.

As mentioned above.



Step 9: Results of swimmers performance are collected & recorded on an excel spread sheet (laptop).



Step 10: Results are printed on hard copy for further research i.e comparing results, thesis, graphs & conclusions



Step 11: blog the results for the current week



Step 12: Plan the next experiment for the following week

Week 2-entrie 1

The equipment used for this science assignment includes:                                                    Eihab Taouk

• Roselands 50m (metre) pool (swimmer will swim from one end to the other)

• Stopwatch(To time the swimmer from start to finish)

• 2 people at each end of the 50m (metre) pool. (For start and finish time)

• Swimming with different attire (clothes) include:

-Jeans and hoody jumper

- Swimming shorts

-swim suit

• Video camera/digital camera

-video camera(Is used to record the swimmer)

-Digital camera(For taking photos)

• Pen/Pencil/eraser(Used to record results)

•  A4 papers (Is used for writing the results for your experiment)

•  Laptop (To search up pictures, information, diagrams etc.)

•  Printer (The printer is used for all the pictures and information I need)

•  Printer (The printer is used for all the pictures and information I need)

Week 1-entry 2

Eihab Taouk DESIGNING MY EXPERIMENT


I have chosen the topic ‘the effect of swimming attire on the speed of a swimmer’. To achieve results on this experiment my plan is to time how fast I can swim from one end to another in a 50m (metre) pool at Roselands Aquatic centre with different kind of attire (clothing).

Definition of attire: Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.

These attire clothing include:

1. Jeans and hoody jumper

2. Swimming shorts

3. Swim suit



• Description of the jeans and hoody jumper:

-Jeans:  black ‘Lee’ jeans

-Hoody jumper: A jumper with black, brown, & white stripes



• Jeans details:

-100% cotton

-Made in China

-Size: 16

-Brand: ‘Lee’

-bought from ‘Tarocash’ $120

-1.2m long

-50cm wide



• Hoody jumper details:

-100% cotton

-Made in China

-bought from ‘Yd’$60

-size: large

-Brand: Yd

-90cm long

-60cm wide





• Description of swimming shorts:

-Swimming shorts: White swim shorts with red stripes on the side.



• Swimming shorts details:

-non-cotton

-Made in Indonesia

-Brand: ‘Good Fellows’

-size: 15

-35cm wide

-40cm long

-bought from ‘Insports’ $50





• Description of swim suit:

-black swim suit with Nike symbol on it

-Special material made for swimming



• Swim suit details:

- polyesther material

-Made in China

-Size: 18

-Brand: Nike

-40cm wide

-1.1m long

-bought from rebels $200


SET-OUT OF EXPERIMENT

50 METRE SWIMMING POOL

A swimmer will swim 50 metres across the pool with different attire (Jeans and hoody jumper, Swimming shorts & swim suit, while timed with a stopwatch.

Our results are depending on speed and how the attire can affect the swimmers performance.

Week 1- entry 1

This is a very difficult assignment to understand from the first go, however after getting advice from my teacher and brother on report writing, blog entries and oral presentation; I found out that I was up against a big challenge.




A challenge that will make me stress and work for the next Six (6) weeks, so it is up to me to research, write letters, make phone calls and ask a lot of questions to make sure I am on the right track and get the experiment done with results and supporting conclusions.



Choosing a topic was a very tricky task to do. It took me over one (1) week to decide a topic which is:



1. Realistic (real to everyday life)

2. Can get results and find a conclusion.



So I decided to choose the topic ‘the effect of swimming attire on the speed of a swimmer’.



In saying this, the aim is to investigate the effect of swimming attire on the speed of a swimmer and to show how my experiments & results relates to everyday life as well as why my research is important.



 I researched  Roseland Aquatic Centre opening hours & contacts:



Phone: 02 9789 9302

Fax: 02 9740 4817

Centre Ave, Roselands NSW 2196

Monday to Friday: 6.00am to 8.00pm

Saturday: 7.30am to 5.00pm

Sunday and Public Holidays: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day, and Good Friday.





The following is a letter and phone call evidence addressed to the Roseland Aquatic Centre:



EIHAB TAOUK



9 Robertson Crescent

MOUNT-LEWIS NSW 2190

17 August 2010



Roselands Aquatic Centre

Centre Ave, Roselands NSW 2196

Phone: 02 9789 9302



RE: Permission to conduct school experiment at your venue



Dear Sue( Manager),



I Eihab Taouk of St Charbels College ask for permission to use the swimming pool at Roseland Aquatic Centre to conduct a school experiment for the next of Six (6) Weeks.



This will require me to perform speed experiments in the water with different types of clothing i.e. fully dressed in ordinary clothing, swim suit, short and Speedos.



I spoke to you earlier today and you said to me “that it is alright to use the swimming pool, as long as you put it in writing”.



I thankyou deeply for helping me and appreciate you for allowing me to use Roseland Aquatic centre to conduct my experiment.



Any questions or problems please contact me on 0410423202.



Eihab Taouk

Student of St Charbels College