SYCAMORE REPORTS MAY 2010 ISSUE BLUE ASH DIVISION Amanda Korn Andre Harte Atharva Palande Athena Eborall Ben Berke Foster Dawson Gracie Hubbard Hannah Feng Jocelin Arbenz Naina Prabhakar Olivia Lindsey Will Johnson
MAPLE DALE DIVISION Abby Motley Cameron Erdman Daniel Halstead Gretchen Stommel James Hanus Joshua Loring Katie Appel Lily Banke Madeline Shewbridge Rhea Srivastava Sammy Schwartz Tommy Ryan MONTGOMERY DIVISION Alexander Walden Brandon Cho David Hornback Deniz Gorur Meili Ding Olivia Roth Rajiv Raman Shaan Hershey Sophia Neat Will Sutton Zak Taylor
SYMMES DIVISION Anisa Khatana Charlie Whapham Drew Ripberger Eric Buffington John Lynn Joshua Leadem Kaylee Combs Linya Guo Maddi Saunders Nandhu Jani Paige O'Donnell Tyler Jensen
one inch on the bookshelf in both samples. Then, we put pennies in the cup until the tape could not hold any more and fell. We recorded how many pennies each held. Test result
OfficeWorks vs. Scotch Read about the battle of the sticky tapes!
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Office-Works and Scotch. As a smart consumer, you may wonder which brand holds things better.
ne day Meili Ding was in her room trying to make a timeline. Test description She was using scotch tape We tried two different to tape the ends of a long types of tape. piece of string to First, we taped her wall. Then She thought the two cups to a she went to her tape wasn’t bookshelf. We brother’s piano sticky enough used different room for tape with each supplies. When cup. The tape went one Meili got back the string inch deep in the cup and fell off. She thought the tape wasn’t sticky enough. Overview
When you go to your local Kroger store to buy tape, you will find two different brands at the office supplies section. They are
Both brands of tape held about the same amount of pennies. The brands were both in the 100s. The difference between the two was only about 10 pennies. Recommendations
OfficeWorks is the brand of tape you should use. We tested how strong the two tapes held by sticking one end of the tape to a cup and the other end of the tape to a shelf and filled the cups with pennies until the tape ripped. Even though they both held the same amount of pennies OfficeWorks costs less. The OfficeWorks tape costs $0.64 and the Scotch tape cost $2.29..
found it but the marker started to dry out. She wondered which markers dry out the fastest?
each. They observed and compared the brightness of the lines. Test result
What happened was that the Sharpie marker was Overview When you go to really dried out and so it Target, Bigg’s, did not write well. The Kroge Crayola r, or markers were Walm We observed and not that dried art, compared brightness out and so you you’ll could still see many brands of draw quite well with them! Find out what markers markers, such as There was one surprise are perfect for you Rose Art, Crayola, the Sharpies results Sharpie, Magic changed with the color. Markers, and others. sWe That is, the red showed up nce when Sophie tested how dry a marker better than black or blue Neat, a second can get in one day without after the 24 hour drying. grader at having caps on the marker. Montgomery Recommendations We tested both Crayola and Elementary, was in the car, Sycamore Reports Sharpie brand. she was drawing penguins. recommens Crayola for She used a lap desk. She younger kids because they Test description lost the cap to the black We did the test for a one most likely will leave the marker. When she finished day period. The tester took caps off of markers. the penguin drawing, she the caps off the day before. Crayola is washable so for still could not find the cap. They tested the markers by young kids who get messy, She survived without it. drawing five lines with they should get Crayola. The next day, she Sharpies, on the other hand, are permanent and they dry out more easily. We think adults and older kids can have Sharpies. Next time you go to draw, make sure the marker you are going to use is not dried out!
The Battle of the Markers
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because the glue wasn’t strong enough. They were wondering if there was a gluestick that could make their jobs easier.
Operation: Gluestick Spying on stickiness stick brands
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Overview
We wanted to test the stickiness of different of 2 glue brands of glue sticks. In stores, we found Elmer’s office gel glue stick, Rose Art Jumbo glue sticks, Universal Permanent glue
ohn Lynn, Nandhu Jani, Eric Buffington, Maddi Saunders and Charlie Whapham, second graders at Recalling a time when they were trying to make Symmes Elementary, leprechaun banks… recall a time stick, Staple Brand glue when they were trying to stick and etc. make leprechaun banks. Out of these glue sticks, we The paper wouldn’t stick
selected and tested 2 brands of glue sticks. One is ‘Elmer’s Xtra Strength’ and the other one is ‘Avery glue stick’. Test description
To test 2 brands, we needed 4 sheets of paper, lots of pennies, tape, and 2 ziploc bags. We got a piece of paper and tape, and taped the paper to the wall. Next, we grabbed a Ziploc bag and taped it to a piece of paper and glued it to the other paper that was hanging on the wall. Then we put pennies in the bag. Test result
During the test there were some big surprises. One surprise was that Elmer’s Extra strong glue could hold 1100+ pennies. Avery could hold about 550 pennies. Another surprise was that the Elmer’s glue stick was stronger than even tape or staples. Recommendations
The Elmer’s Xtra Stick glue is stronger than Avery glue. Elmer’s Xtra Stick glue cost more money than the Avery glue. Sycamore Reports recommends that you should buy Avery glue sticks because it costs less and is good enough for most things.
soaps for 15 seconds. Next, they dragged sponges with weights on them back and forth 100 times over each plate. Test result
World War Dish Soap
They looked at the plates after they had each been soaked and scrubbed. The three plates that were soaked in Ajax had quite a bit of the mixture left on them. The three plates that were soaked in Dawn had very little of the mixture left on them. Recommendations
Sycamore Reports recommends to get the Ajax? Dawn? Who will win? Dawn because it performed including Palmolive and the best in all our tests. But ilesh Khatana Meijer brand. consider the cost because was scrubbing you could get 2 Ajax for dishes one night Test description the price of 1 Dawn. $2.99 and putting them The testers had two brands is a bigger in the dishwasher. The next of dish soap: number than day, as he was unloading Dawn and Fact: Dawn brand the dishwasher, he realized Ajax. The dish soap costs twice $.99, right? It is still your that the plates weren’t testing lab put as much as Ajax decision. But cleaned well. He thought flour, sugar, according to that maybe he should use a and egg on brand dish soap. our results, different brand of dish soap plates and Sycamore Reports highly before he put them in the baked them to make dirty recommends you purchase dishwasher. dishes. Then, they soaked Dawn brand dish soap. each plate in both dish
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Overview
Sycamore Reports did a test on the dish soap brands, Ajax and Dawn. To inform you, there are many other available brands of dish soap in stores,
needed to see how much water could put in each diaper and recorded the results. Test result
Relief for your baby The battle is on between Pampers and Kroger
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and Kroger brand diapers. The test did not include Huggies, Luvs, or other private label brands.
ne day, Martha Motley, a preschooler in Cincinnati, Test description needed to relieve her First. the testers took two bladder. She had a diaper tubs of water. on, so she did. Using 3 ounce However, it Martha’s mother cups, they went up her was not happy! picked up pants and down water. They her back. Martha’s mother tipped the water into the was not happy. She wanted two different diapers. They to know which diapers are the best.. Overview
If you were shopping for diapers, you might go to Kroger, Target, Biggs, Walmart, or several other places. We tested Pampers
Sycamore Reports tested 2 diapers brands: Kroger and Pampers. Kroger did very well in one test but... in another test it failed, holding only nine ounces (RESULTS: 9oz, 21oz, 18oz). Pampers held about the same amount each time (RESULTS: 15oz, 18oz, 18oz). It was surprising to us that Kroger won one test. Recommendations
You probably think Pampers would be the better diaper, right? If your baby is like Martha and has accidents on the floor, we suggest Pampers because it consistently holds more water. On the other hand, Pampers costs $9.77 for 50 and Kroger is only $5.99 for 50 diapers. So, you might choose Kroger because it is less money.
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ammy Schwartz and Declan Skinner were playing Wii Super Mario Bros. They were in the middle of a game when Declan’s remote just shut off because the battery died. Sammy could not play without Declan. It was game over and that meant Sammy and Declan had to start from the begening. They both needed good batteries.. Overview
All Different Types of Batteries
Go to Walmart and you will find rows and rows of batteries: Energizer Advanced Lithium, Which one lasts the Energizer Ultimate Lithium, Duracell Ultra We turned on the Advanced, Rayovac with flashlights and left them on 24 and 30 batteries, until the batteries died. We Energizer recorded how long Max and they lasted. Declan’s remote Energizer Test result shut off because Lithium. In our testing, the There are the battery died results showed even more Kroger batteries lasted 4 to choose from. Sycamore hours. Energizer did better Reports selected Energizer and lasted 7 hours. But, AA, Eveready Heavy Duty AA, and Kroger AA to test. Test description
Sycamore Reports tested 6 identical flashlights and put 3 different brands of batteries in the flashlights.
longest? Find out! Eveready beat them all and did much better, with the record of 25 hours. Recommendations
We recommend Eveready because they lasted the longest of the 3 tested. Not only that, they were the least expensive at $1 a pack. So when you want to get batteries, get Eveready..
brand bag and put 200 pennies in it as weight. Next, they took the Kroger bag and shook it until it broke. They did the same to AJM. They repeated the tests with a wet sponge and weights in the bags. Test result
Attack of the Water Weights AJM and Kroger lunch bags…which bag is good for you? bags to see which one ast year, Amanda could hold more before Korn, a first breaking. Both brands can grader be found at from She thought, “I the Kroger Cincinnati, went don’t like this brand store. on a field trip. of paper bag.” She went outside to eat her lunch Test description then it started to rain. Her The testers had two brands brown paper bag got wet. of small brown paper bags. When she ran inside, her First, they took a Kroger lunch fell out! She thought, ”I don’t like this brand of paper bag, especially because my food fell out .”
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Overview
Sycamore Reports tested A.J.M. and Kroger paper bags. The group tested the
Both Kroger and AJM got 50 shakes up and down with 200 pennies with a dry bag. Kroger got 35 shakes up and down with a wet sponge and pennies before it broke. AJM only got 17 up and down shakes with the wet sponge and pennies before it broke! Recommendations
The Sycamore Reports testers recommend you buy Kroger paper bags instead of AJM. Kroger paper bags are better at wetness. Kroger paper bags are also better when they are dry. If you bought AJM bags they would cost more than Kroger. So, buy Kroger.
pencils. For the 1st test, they had a paper with dots. The test was to see how many dots they could get filled in 30 seconds. The 2nd test was to draw 10 inch lines across rough paper to see long a pencil lasted before it needed to be sharpened. Test result
Pencil Power! Which pencil should you use? many different office socelin Arbenz, a 2nd supplies and different kinds grader from Blue Ash of pencils. Pencils have Elementary (BAE), different numbers and had a prices. favorite pencil. Pencils have Frequently, She used it so you would see different numbers much and had #2 but there are and prices to sharpen it so many others. often, it got too small to use. When she Test description went to get a new one, she On April 23, 2010, was stunned to see that Sycamore Reports tested there was no lead in it and different kinds of pencils. it was hollow. She The testers, 2nd graders at wondered where did the BAE, used #2 pencils & #4 lead go and what kind of pencil was going to last her the longest.t.
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Overview
If you look for pencils, you would go to Office Depot, Staples, Wal-Mart, School Time, orother places. You would find
On the first test, the testers found that the #4 pencil was able to fill in the most dots compared to #2. On the 2nd test, we weren’t able to get complete results but seemed to end up with #4 winning again. Recommendations
The #4 pencil worked better but #2 pencils are less money. #4 pencils cost 75 cents each, the #2 pencil costs 15 cents each. We would get #2 pencils if we were thinking about price. But if we wanted to get pencils to last longer, we suggest you choose #4 pencils. Which would you want?.
Contributing writers BLUE ASH DIVISION Amanda Korn Andre Harte Atharva Palande Athena Eborall Ben Berke Foster Dawson Gracie Hubbard Hannah Feng Jocelin Arbenz Naina Prabhakar Olivia Lindsey
MAPLE DALE DIVISION Abby Motley Cameron Erdman Daniel Halstead Gretchen Stommel James Hanus Joshua Loring Lily Banke Madeline Shewbridge Rhea Srivastava Sammy Schwartz Tommy Ryan
MONTGOMERY DIVISION Alexander Walden Brandon Cho David Hornback Deniz Gorur Meili Ding Olivia Roth Rajiv Raman Shaan Hershey Sophia Neat Will Sutton Zak Taylor SYMMES DIVISION Anisa Khatana Charlie Whapham Drew Ripberger Eric Buffington John Lynn Joshua Leadem Kaylee Combs Linya Guo Maddi Saunders Nandhu Jani Paige O'Donnell
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