From writing a proposal, to researching on the topic, to
experimenting with sweets in the laboratory, I have learnt a lot from this
interesting process. I have learnt from my mistakes, and although our
experiment did not yield a positive result, we have learnt much from the
journey. The first step was to write a proposal. Although we had some knowledge
about writing proposals from last year's Basic Research Program, we were still
quite lost, and struggled to write the final report. Although we missed out a lot
of things, and the proposal was rejected, we still peservered, and found an
alternative. We had to learn from our mistakes, and not be dejected by the less
than positive feedback from our teacher. Our experiment also failed, as we
could not find a suitable solvent to dissolve the dye. Our teacher recommended
hexane and ethyl acetate, however, the lab techinician said that it was too
dangerous and that it would "fry our brains". So, we had to conclude
our test, without positive results. I still enjoyed the entire Science SIA
because it was fun and interesting. What matters is the process and not so much
on the final result.
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