Farewell

This is the end of my SIP! It might seem as a rather abrupt end, but all my analysis and conclusions have been done in my report, so I will leave my journal as it is. Lots of thanks goes to Ms Tan (Beng Chiak) for her timely advice and mentoring! Also to my partner Chin Ying for all the brain-storming, discussing and support.

It has been quite a journey for me, having to think of a creative experiment and doing things the true, scientific way. Collecting data from my experiment photos was one of the obstacles that presented itself along the way, and I tried colour charts and Photoshop. After many trials, thinking, and some helpful pointers from Ms Tan I decided to use hue in Photoshop, finally receiving some progress in my data collection and analysis. 


I also learnt that doing these experiments is about planning it, giving it your best try, then sitting down to think about what could have been improved, then giving it a go again. In my case I must admit I was a little hasty with certain things at first, but I righted the wrongs when I had the chance, namely my second experiment.

Most importantly, SIP has given me the chance to be independent, from the topic of investigation to the experiment itself and to the report. Something we can't really experience in normal lessons, can we? 


To end off: SIP has been harrowing in some ways but enlightening in many others.