Help Please!

[brainygirl]

Hi,

 

I doing an exeriment and the purpose, was to test the effect of a phosphate on the oxygen level pond?

 

Can anyone help me, I sorry to say this but I even know where to start.

 

If you have any information about this project , please do help me.

 

Thank You.

[starbug1]

A search engine might be your first bet. You'd get more clear informative information faster if you just google it. 'S what I always do.

 

 

...Of course, you could always wait until someone posts and gives you some links...

[Helix]

Break up the information into managable segments and then tackle them. Break it down by category and what info you need; group it together so it's easier to visualize.

 

So, first see what the oxygen level is normally in a pond (I'm assuming that's what you mean.) See what the average levels are depending on:

 

-Pond Size

-Types of animal/plant life

-surrounding environment (i.e. a lot of trees, desert, corporate wasteland etc)

 

Then see, in theory, what phosphate does to oxygen. Does it bind or interact at all? If so (and it should if you're basing a project around it), then how and what are the results? More less?

 

Put this together to see what, in a real environment, phosphate would do to oxygen levels taking into account all the other aspects (pond size etc).

 

Form an experiment based on all this research (the last step might be the experiment) and see if it 1) matches up with previous research 2) matches up with your hypothesis. if it doesn't with one or the other or both, report it. No result is wrong, it's science. Good luck.

[ecoli]

Well considering I know the answer to this question, I'll try to lead you to the right conclusions.

 

You should try to think of ways in which the microbes, that is to say, bacteria and detritovores, effect levels of phosphate and oxygen. Think about it...