SYCAMORE REPORTS MAY 2009 ISSUE BLUE ASH DIVISION Kevin Jaffe Tom Kisselle Allison Landrum Kevin Landrum Kathleen Leonard Nick McDonough Noah Patterson Adam Pelberg Griffin Roof Matt Bolger Taylor Race Ryan Hertlein Emma Blessing Johnny Heppler MAPLE DALE DIVISION Max Deihl Kyra Fales Mallory Hall Rachel Izworski Shayna Kling Varsha Krishnamoorthy Bryn Lewis Justin Lovro Chris McCann Kyle McCann Laura Mihlbachler Daniel Polasky Evan Sichel Sydney Tepe MONTGOMERY DIVISION Ellie Baden Connor Blunt T.J. Cracas Mira Dewan Andy Han Rayna Klugherz Grant Laneve Jack Lareau Eric Moeller Luis Pereda Jack Queenan Angelo Valli Brian Yoon SYMMES DIVISION Sarah Brownlee Grant Bruner Elliott Carl Dylan Clapp Pierce Ellingson Samantha Fernandez Ken Guo Astin Lin Emma Murphy Cameron Snowden Matthew Supp Libby Van Den Brink Maddy Weiss
Test description
Battery Longevity Heavy duty AA versus Alkaline AA AA, triple AAA, C cell and hen Nick D cell. The brand names McDonough you can find are Dorcy速, plays his VG Duracell速, Energizer速 and pocket game, a lot more. You can buy a the batteries always run out 4-pack very quickly, of all sometimes right in There are a lot of the the middle of a batteries out there batteries game and there are . Our no extra batteries team around. So, the Blue Ash tested two brands (Dorcy team decided to see which and Duracell) using the is better: Duracell alkaline double AA types. or Dorcy heavy duty batteries.
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If you go into a store and go to the battery aisle, you see many different types of batteries. For example, the common types are double
The team took four identical flashlights. The team put four Duracell AA batteries into two flashlights and four Dorcy AA batteries into another set of two flashlights. Then, the team turned both flashlights on and measured how long each set of batteries lasted. When, the light went out, the team put another set of batteries in the flashlights. Test result
The team figured out that Dorcy lasted about 2 hours before the light went out. Duracell, on the other hand, lasted about 4 hours. That means, the Duracell lasted about twice as long as Dorcy. Recommendations
You should get Duracell instead of Dorcy because Duracell lasts a lot longer. In our tests, it lasted 4 hours in a row. You should buy Duracell for that reason.
team did this by taping a plastic cup to a wall. Then, the team put pennies into the cup until the adhesive
This test is testing the stickiness of two types of tape broke and the cup fell. Then, the team recorded the results. Test result
Perfectly Sticky Tape Scotch tape versus Kroger tape
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oah Patterson was playing a trick on his brother. He was trying to put all his coins in a cup with tape. The next second it broke. His brother found out about the trick and Noah was very unhappy. What Noah really needed to know was which tape was stronger. Overview
When you walk into the store, what do you see? Tape! All kinds of tape! For example, you can kind Kroger and Scotch brand
tape. Which kind should you buy? Test description
This test is testing the stickiness of two types of tape (Kroger tape and Scotch tape). The Blue Ash
The team did 17 trials and after several trials, the average number of pennies held by the Scotch brand was 36.3 and the average number of pennies held by the Kroger brand was 48. They were just 11.7 pennies apart. Recommendations
We recommend the Kroger brand because it not only cost less but it holds tighter than Scotch tape does.
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as a baby’s diaper ever leaked on the floor? Or, as Max Deihl explains, “When I was six months old my dad did not use a blocking hand while he was changing my diaper and I accidentally went in my own mouth!” Well, you don’t have to worry anymo
re because modern diapers have got your back. A modern diaper will hold the liquid in.
Diaper Wars! Huggies versus Kroger in the arena of absorbency The least expensive ones can cost $5 to $6 dollars. Test description
When the Sycamore Reports team did the test, we got Kroger Value diapers and Huggies. We did two tests for each brand. How we did the diaper test is we measured water and poured it in the diaper We tested the
absorbent. Huggies diapers beat Kroger Value diapers. Huggies can hold up to 20 oz. of water while Kroger Value can hold up to 16 oz. of water. So Huggies definitely won! Recommendations
We tested two diapers. If you are worried about money, you should buy the Kroger brand of diapers.
Overview
When you go to the store to buy diapers you might see many different types and sizes of diapers. You might diapers by pouring 2oz. of also see wipes, baby bath water in them at a time. If products like soap, lotion any water leaked out when and powder, baby food, we held it up, we started a cereal, formula, and new test. snacks. There are a lot of Has a diaper ever Test result diapers. Some When we were diaper brands leaked on the done with our are Huggies, floor? experiment on Kroger, testing two Pampers and brands of Luvs. The most expensive diapers (Huggies and ones can run up to about Kroger), it was clear that $12 for up to 56 diapers . Huggies was much more
For the same reason, if you change your baby's diaper often and want something inexpensive buy Krogers brand. The Kroger Value diapers were cheaper but they held less water. If you change your diapers less often, we would recommend Huggies because soaks up more liquid. It will hold more liquid than the Kroger brand but it is much more expensive.
when it would tear. We weighed the weights and we saw which one was the strongest and which was the weakest. Test result
Fight of the Foils Reynolds versus Kroger
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he Johnson’s were Test description having The two products we tested Thanksgiving and were Reynolds foil and they already Kroger foil. The team bought their turkey. They connected the aluminum were wrapping their turkey foil between two dowels. with aluminum foil. Then We put as much weight on the aluminum foil ripped it as it could hold. We put and the turkey fell heavy to the floor. They They were thinking, things were thinking, like “what makes a good “what makes a good bags of aluminum foil good?” aluminum foil pennies good?” on a piece of the foil to see Overview
When you go down the aisle, what do you see? Krogers, Reynolds and other foils. If you’re in Biggs, you see Biggs brand and other foils. If you’re in Walmart, you’ll see Walmart brand and other foils. Which one should you choose?
We expected Reynolds to win because it is more popular. But Kroger won. The Kroger foil is stronger than the Reynolds foil. It could hold more pounds. Reynolds’ average was 6 lbs., 13 oz. Kroger’s was 7 lbs, 14 oz. We did it by turning the pounds into ounces and finding the average. Recommendations
Our team thinks that most people should (but not have to) buy the Kroger brand aluminum foil. Although it was only slightly stronger than the Reynolds, it’s so close it doesn’t matter. But, Kroger is cheaper so we recommend the Kroger. .
Rubber Band Brands Office Depot versus Staples in the battle of the bands
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atthew Supp and his brother were making things with rubber bands. They were pretending they were cops and robbers. Suddenly one rubber band snapped, and hit his brother in the eye. What they really needed was a rubber band that doesn’t snap easily. Emma Murphy was looking in her cabinet when she found a very old
rubber band. She stretched it and it snapped right away. This got her thinking,"What makes a really good rubber band?" Overview
When you walk into the rubber band section of a store, there are many kinds of rubber bands, thick and thin, wide and narrow. You see lots of different brands, sizes, weights and colors. You even see different numbers of rubber bands like #64 and #32. So, which one do you choose?
Test description
For the first test, Symmes Consumer Reporters connected two plastic chain links to a rubber band. One link was attached to a hook on the wall. A student pulled on the link on the opposite end. We measured the distance each brand of rubber band would stretch before it broke or could not be stretched farther. For the second test, the team chained baskets on the bottom of the rubber bands. Then, the team put sand into the baskets until the rubber bands snap. This showed us how much weight the rubber bands can hold. Test result
A test result is a result of something that you tested. The two types of rubber bands we tested are Office Depot and Staples. The average length of the Office Depot rubber band that stretched before they
snapped was 68.5cm. The average length for Staples was 65.1cm. The team had a problem doing the weight test with the #64 bands. They were too thick and strong. So, they were marked ERR and the team switched to #32 rubber bands. They are skinnier than the #64s but they stretched well. Recommendations
For the stretching test, Sycamore Reports recommends that you get Office Depot rubber bands. You should get them because they are small but they do stretch far. We recommend these because if you wanted a rubber band to stretch far, you would want something that would secure anything. For the weight test, we would recommend for everyone to use Staples rubber band because it stretches more than those other brands before it snapped. Also, it held 12 lbs. 3 oz of sand.
on our test subjects’ arms. We rubbed the mark for fifteen seconds with each bar of soap to see which bar of soap cleaned best or if you couldn't see the mark at all. After 15 seconds we washed off the soap and observed. Test result
The Bees Wax and the Dove soap both left no sign of a mark. At the same time, Lava soap left just a faint mark.
Suspicious about Super Soaps? Uncover the mystery behind soap
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ira Dewan Test description was using We put black marks on our chalk arms to and got test which dust all over her But which soap is soap was hands. She decided the best? better at to wash it off with washing. soap. But which We drew a soap is the best? mark with a black marker Overview
When people walk in a store, they see soap. There are different brands like Dove, Lava, and Bees Wax. There are all different prices that range from $1 to $6.
Recommendations
We believe you should use Dove soap. The subjects testing the Dove soap saw it was easier to rub on. It was also easier to rinse off their skin than the soap of anyone else. The Bees Wax soap also left no mark at all and it is all natural ingredients. However it is labeled as a shampoo. You may want to use it as hair cleaner. But you should buy soap that costs less money and that would be Dove.
Credits BLUE ASH DIVISION Kevin Jaffe Tom Kisselle Allison Landrum Kevin Landrum Kathleen Leonard Nick McDonough Noah Patterson Adam Pelberg Griffin Roof Matt Bolger Taylor Race Ryan Hertlein Emma Blessing Johnny Heppler MAPLE DALE DIVISION Max Deihl Kyra Fales Mallory Hall Rachel Izworski Shayna Kling Varsha Krishnamoorthy Bryn Lewis Justin Lovro Chris McCann Kyle McCann Laura Mihlbachler Daniel Polasky Evan Sichel Sydney Tepe
MONTGOMERY DIVISION Ellie Baden Connor Blunt T.J. Cracas Mira Dewan Andy Han Rayna Klugherz Grant Laneve Jack Lareau Eric Moeller Luis Pereda Jack Queenan Angelo Valli Brian Yoon SYMMES DIVISION Sarah Brownlee Grant Bruner Elliott Carl Dylan Clapp Pierce Ellingson Samantha Fernandez Ken Guo Astin Lin Emma Murphy Cameron Snowden Matthew Supp Libby Van Den Brink Maddy Weiss