sycamore reports may 2011 magazine
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A consumer product testing magazine done by 2nd graders in a Consumer Reports format.TRANSCRIPT
SYCAMORE REPORTS MAY 2011 ISSUE
BLUE ASH DIVISION Contributing Writers and Experimenters: Arushi Sharma Ashwin Prabhakar Ben Margolis Nathan Hatridge Sekani Cole Sydney McKinney Taryn Wedige Julien
Additional Experimenters: Weldon Julien
MAPLE DALE DIVISION Contributing Writers and Experimenters: Cora Merrow Norah Pack Matthew Rines Elliot Sweeney Kaelyn Ziegler James Zinnbauer
Additional Experimenters: MONTGOMERY DIVISION Contributing Writers and Experimenters: Emma Allen Elianah Cohen Emma Cohen Liam Fleck Nathan Frankowski Maya Oduyoye George Vlady Allison Zimmermann
Additional Experimenters:
SYMMES DIVISION Contributing Writers and Experimenters: Nick Bruggeman Kennedy Graves Isabel Henry Sten Lu Sebastian Salas Albaraa Tarabishi
Additional Experimenters: Jonel Paguigan Zoe Lewis
The strawberry juice splattered everywhere!
t lunch one day,
Maya Oduyoye
had a
big bag
of juicy
strawberries. When
she put the
strawberries on the
table, she
accidently put her elbow on
the bag. Then the bag popped
and strawberry juice
splattered everywhere.
Everybody laughed at
her . She even laughed
at herself. Then her
friends helped her clean
the strawberry juice up.
It was a really fun day
at lunch. But this got
Maya thinking “What
IS the best ziploc
bag?”.
Overview If you went to the store, you
would see different brands of
ziploc bags.
But you
wouldn’t
know which is
the best. The
Sycamore
Reports
testing team tested three
different brands of ziploc
bags. They are Hefty, Ziploc,
and Kroger. We tested their
strength. All three are
available at Kroger (although
you could find other bags at
Costco and Wal-Mart).
Test description First, we blew up a bag with
air. Next we balanced
weights on it. If it held the
air, we would put up to 60
pounds more weight on top
of it. If it still held the air, a
weighed tester would stand
on it until it popped.
Recommendations
We believe your decision in
which bag to buy comes
down to how much money
you have and how much each
bag needs to hold.
The Hefty storage bags cost
the most money but are the
strongest. If you need the
strongest bag, we recommend
buying Hefty bags because
they have more strength than
the other bags. If you need
the cheapest bag we
recommend the Kroger bags.
If you have enough money
and can afford Hefty bags,
they would be the best idea.
If you want NOT the most
expensive bags, but still good
ones, then we recommend
Ziploc bags.
A
The Storage Bag Wars How strong do you think storage bags are?
She says she will never go there again!
here once was a
little girl named
Norah. She went
to the
airport. She
went to the
bathroom, then
she felt the toilet
paper. It was
rough, rough, rough! She
says she will never go there
again! Norah started
wondering what toilet
paper was soft
(she wished
that was what
everybody had,
medium, rough,
and very rough
(which she
wished nobody
had). Norah
wished she
never had to
feel rough
toilet paper
again
Overview We tested
toilet paper.
You can get
toilet paper at
Costco,
Kroger,
Target, Wal-
mart,
Walgreens or
order it
online. There
are many
different
kinds of toilet
paper. There is Charmin,
Kroger, Angelsoft, Quilted
Northern, Cottonelle,
Trader Joe’s, Marcal and
White Cloud.
The Sycamore
Reports testing
team chose
Angelsoft,
Charmin and
Kroger to test.
Test description We grabbed 3 different
toilet papers and one
blindfold. We put the
blindfold on the tester. We
handed the toilet paper to
the tester. The tester rubbed
it on their cheek. The tester
gave the 3 toilet papers a
rating 1, 2 or 3. We
recorded the results .
Test result We could clearly see that
Charmin won in first place.
Angelsoft came in second.
Finally, Kroger came in
third.
Recommendations Kroger is the best because
it’s cheap and it’s almost as
good as Angelsoft on
softness. Charmin is
expensive but great on
softness. Angelsoft is okay
on the price but a little
better on softness than
Kroger.
We all would prefer a soft
toilet paper. But because
Charmin is the most
expensive, we’d have to
recommend Kroger or
Angelsoft (unless you want
really soft toilet paper).
T
Attack of the
Toilet Paper Testing toilet paper for softness
“I wish we had stronger bags.”
enjamin
Margolis, a 2nd
graders at
Blue Ash
Elementary, was
taking out the trash
from the kitchen.
He had to walk 20 yards to
the trash cans
in the garage.
But, Ben
slipped and out
flew old toys,
air hockey
pucks, and
smelly banana
peels. The
scent was
strong! Ben
thought “Yuck! I wish we
had stronger bags.”
Overview
The
Sycamore
Reports
team had
tested garbage bags. In
stores now, there are many
kinds of garbage bags. But
our team only tested
Envirobag, Glad, and
Kroger.
Test description The Sycamore Reports
testing team got partners.
The testers tested 3 brands
of trash bags. They were
Kroger, Glad, and
Envirobags. They put
weights in the bags and
lifted the bags. We
recorded how much weight
they could take.
Recommendations If you want to pay less
AND use a good garbage
bag, you would want to
buy Envirobags because
they are inexpensive and
strong.
If you want the best
garbage bag, that works
really well try Glad bags
because they are the
strongest bag we tested.
You’d probably get Kroger
bags if you just want to buy
bags really fast and leave!
B
Garbage bag
explosion! See how strong your garbage bag is
The next morning, the diaper was leaking
lbaraa Tarabishi,
a second grader
at Symmes
Element
ary, has a baby
sister. One
morning, his
mother did not
change the baby’s
diaper because the baby
was sleeping. The next
morning, the diaper was
leaking because there was
too much liquid in it. That
got Albaraa thinking
“Which diaper holds the
most liquid?”.
Overview Right now, Huggies,
Krogers, Pampers,
Kirkland, Luvs and other
brands are available at
stores in the diaper section
The Sycamore reports
testing team chose
Huggies,
Pampers,
and Kroger.
Test
description We had three different
diaper brand. The team
used water, food coloring,
and cups. We put yellow
food coloring in a bucket of
water to make it look you
just went to the bathroom.
We poured 3 ounces of
water in each diaper and
waited to see how long it
would take until you could
see the water dripping out
the diaper. We recorded
our observations and the
amount of water on a sheet
of paper.
Test result Huggies held the most. It
held 19. 5 ounces of water.
Pampers held the second
most with 16.5 and Kroger
brand held the least amount
of water. It held 15
ounces.
Recommendations Pampers cost
the most. The second most
expensive is Huggies and
the Kroger diapers cost the
third most. We recommend
Huggies because it holds
the most liquid and it’s
NOT the most expensive. .
A
Diapers for sale How much p** do they hold?
Credits
BLUE ASH DIVISION
Arushi Sharma
Ashwin Prabhakar
Ben Margolis
Nathan Hatridge
Sekani Cole
Sydney McKinney
Taryn Wedige
Weldon Julien
MAPLE DALE DIVISION
Cora Merrow
Norah Pack
Matthew Rines
Elliot Sweeney
Kaelyn Ziegler
James Zinnbauer
MONTGOMERY
DIVISION
Emma Allen
Elianah Cohen
Emma Cohen
Liam Fleck
Nathan Frankowski
Maya Oduyoye
George Vlady
Allison Zimmermann
SYMMES DIVISION
Nick Bruggeman
Kennedy Graves
Isabel Henry
Zoe Lewis
Sten Lu
Jonel Paguigan
Sebastian Salas
Albaraa Tarabishi
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