Brainstorming



Brainstorming is a non-judgmental group creative process in which group members are encouraged to give voice to any ideas they personally consider relevant to the group exercise. In a face-to-face meeting, a brainstorming facilitator will usually stand in front of a big piece of paper and elicit ideas from the participants in the room. An online version of this process can be created by setting up a wiki for the entire class or for smaller student groups and asking people to submit ideas around a brainstorming topic. People can add ideas as they occur and link to other pages for elaboration.

Background Info. on Ho Tay: []

[] Lots of science experiements on this site, could be useful for ideas

Bio/Ess: Chemicals in Westlake Eutrophication of Lakes Chem: pH of Westlake Chemicals in the lake (nitrate and ammonia) Buffering Capacity of West Lake Physics: Density of Westlake/ how polluted it Refraction index Pros: Simple to do experiments All we would need to do would be colled water samples of westlake and return to school
 * IDEAS **

= FINAL EXPERIMENTS = = = = Biology/ESS : Eutrophication of Westlake =

Aim: To determine amount of Phosphrous, Nitrogen, and Carbon in Westlake and how it would increase/decrease eutrophication of westlake

= Chemistry (Ayaki + Kelly): Buffering Capacity of Westlake =

Aim: To determine the buffering capacity of Westlake and how well it will accept a change in pH

= Physics: Refractive index of Westlake =

Aim: To determine how light is affected when passing through westlake water vs. clean water

Linking concept: How the eutrophication (N, P, and K chemicals in westlake) could affect the refractive index and how the chemicals (N,P, and K) play a role in the buffereing capacity of the lake.