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I looked over the instructions one last time and decided not to bother with them. It’s not like I couldn’t understand them – they were for a simple 8th grade science experiment, and I was an 8th grader with an interest in science. My problem with them was that they called for me to waste an entire hour moving a single thermometer between several different flasks of water. The different colored flasks were to be heated by an incandescent lightbulb, and the data I was supposed to gather by hand would reveal the exact nature of the relationship between the color of each flask and the amount of energy it absorbed. The concept of the experiment intrigued me, but I just couldn't accept the fact that I would have to manually track the temperature of each flask. If there is one thing that really makes me angry, it's being forced to waste my time. Some might call me impatient. I prefer to see it more as a fascination with efficiency. I simply wasn't willing to spend a whole hour moving a thermometer. …show more content…

I could not allow myself to waste my time on something I viewed as below me. Glancing over the available lab equipment, I noticed that instead of a normal mercury thermometer, I was provided with an interesting piece of technology - a Vernier LabQuest. Turning it over in my hands, I made my first discovery: five sensor ports were placed evenly along the top. I had to track the temperature of only four flasks. The faintest beginnings of an idea flickered in my head. I knelt down and opened the cabinet beneath the lab station. There, placed in front of me as if by divine providence, were extra temperature sensors. My heart began to beat faster. I grabbed as many as I needed; then I stood back

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