Thread: Science ideas

Originally Posted by CMwood

Hi I have to do a science project on the enviroment and wood does any one have any ideas what I should test.

treating waste from a pulp plant

Originally Posted by CMwood

Hi I have to do a science project on the enviroment and wood does any one have any ideas what I should test.

It would be good to start by learning how to spell environment correctly

As for ideas, how about the greenhouse effect and possible impact on wood species distribution in Oz?

Originally Posted by BobL

It would be good to start by learning how to spell environment correctly

As for ideas, how about the greenhouse effect and possible impact on wood species distribution in Oz?

Hey Bob,

Bit harsh on the new guy , They write it as they say it, These young fellas.

HazzaB

Is this primary, secondary or tertiary education?

An answer to this question, could have a bearing on the type of project that some suggestions people are thinking of submitting, may or may not be possible for you to undertake.

Mick.

Originally Posted by HazzaB

Hey Bob,

Bit harsh on the new guy , They write it as they say it, These young fellas.

HazzaB

I'l bet he won't forget how to spell in now

Originally Posted by HazzaB

Hey Bob,

Bit harsh on the new guy , They write it as they say it, These young fellas.

HazzaB

I'l bet he won't forget how to spell in now

In terms of "harsh" let me relay this story. Even in grade 1 & 2 at primary school I was a bit of a smart #### and prided myself on my spelling ability and highlighting teacher's mistakes. One day during a spelling test I spelt "girl" as "gril". My punishment was I had to go to the 5 other classrooms in the school, ie grades 3,4,5,6 & 7 and stand up in front of the class and tell them what I had done so the students could laugh at me.

Shall I tell the story about when I spent some time tied up under the teachers desk?

did you have to wear fishnet stocking while being tied up? Was there any leather involved? Are you a British politician now?

Originally Posted by BobL

I'l bet he won't forget how to spell in now

In terms of "harsh" let me relay this story. Even in grade 1 & 2 at primary school I was a bit of a smart #### and prided myself on my spelling ability and highlighting teacher's mistakes. One day during a spelling test I spelt "girl" as "gril". My punishment was I had to go to the 5 other classrooms in the school, ie grades 3,4,5,6 & 7 and stand up in front of the class and tell them what I had done so the students could laugh at me.

Shall I tell the story about when I spent some time tied up under the teachers desk?

"It " Bob "it" !

Originally Posted by Avery

"It " Bob "it" !

ROFL

Originally Posted by _fly_

did you have to wear fishnet stocking while being tied up? Was there any leather involved? Are you a British politician now?

It was baling twine and it itched.

I'd still like to know the difference in soil acidity beneath the canopy of different sorts of trees
1. Eucalyptus
2. Pinus radiata
3. Anything else but neither of the above two.

Here at 53N, pine and spruce needles are just toxic. Not much of an understory at all.
Mind you, the canopy in a conifer forest is closed so it's quite dark at ground level.
I have 3 spruce trees in my front yard, maybe 30cm DBH and the lowest branches are 2m above what used to be a lawn. No amount of new seed, soil or fertilizer grows much at all.
When the deer came through during the night, they scratched through the snow along the street to graze on the grass because there's basically nothing under the trees.
I've shoveled enough snow to bury my little rhododendrons near the house. . . . they didn't find them but there were a lot of tracks quite close.


Sticks and stones may break his bones,
But whips & chains & baling twine excite him?

Just as a small note added in proof.
I am a retired PhD biology prof, (LaTrobe '72, in fact.)
I have a 45yr =interest in wood anatomy with several hundred species in both my bulk collection and in my microscope slide collection.

Maybe this does not float your boat. At the same time, you need to understand that there are a few of us "odd-balls" who do carry on a significant curiosity about woods.