Penny Presentation

Today in Issues for Science Professionals our group as well as the other groups in class presented our responses to the questions of how much does a penny weigh.  Most of the groups including my own did not answer the proposed question in a scientific manner.  Much of the information presented was based around the history of the penny rather than scientific data collected to answer the question in a experimental manner.  Our group ended up "winning" the penny question contest.  I believe what set us apart from the other presentations was that we actually did do some scientific sampling of pennies to determine our responses.  This including weighing different types of pennies, taking a sample of 100 pennies to find the probability of finding a certain penny, and a water displacement measurement which we ended up not being able to use due to low precision.