Outstanding Investigatory Project

Below are the abstracts of some of the outstanding IP’s from the First Year and Fourth Year students of Mater Ecclesiae School.

A Study of Buntot-Tigre (Sansevieria Zeylanica) as a Textile Product.

 The trend now is going green; everyone in the society begins to become a nature lover. It is obvious that our economical crises are getting worse plus we experience more natural calamities that occur due to our irresponsibilities. In order to improve our economy; we need to utilize our local resources. Here in the Philippines, a lot of natural fiber based plants, such as abaca, piña, banana, maguey, Buntot-tigre can be used for textile manufacturing. Through this we can save dollar in purchasing imported fibers. Our idea of making alternative product for fibers is one way to utilize our local resources. Piña cloth is a good material in making barong; its raw material comes from the leaves of pineapple plant. The leaves of sansevieria zeylanica have a similarity with the pineapple leaves. Thus it is possible that sansevieria zeylanica can be another textile material in making barong. It is not only environmental friendly but it can also help a little in our economical income. It needed less manpower and less money to produce. It also promotes our agriculture and helps the textile industry to develop more. (Marin, Vina S., et.al)

Crocheted Plastic Bags: A new way of reducing, reusing, recycling plastic bags

This study can help reduce pollution and flooding.  Everyone gave their own opinion and it all came down to one thing- plastic bags -the biggest contributor to clogging of our drainage systems which eventually causes these floods. Because it is available everywhere at a very cheap price, its use has become uncontrollable and unfortunately, they were disposed by irresponsible people inconsiderately. Because of the alarming amount of these pollutants, our group decided to concentrate on finding solution on how to convert plastic bags into more useful product.

Ordinary 8’x11’ plastic bags were cut on both sides, folded and joined together in knots. This becomes the main material of the crocheted plastic bags.

As a result, our group produced a more durable, reusable and presentable bag made out of ordinary plastic bags, at the same time, reducing the irresponsible use and disposal of plastic bags. (Guzman, Laurice et.al.) 

  Solar Hotdog Cooker

This investigatory project is to identify whether we could use solar energy as an alternative to electricity and gas in cooking foods such as hotdog.

The solar hotdog cooker works through concentrating the sun’s rays to one single line by reflecting the rays through a parabolic curve. A hotdog is the ideal test subject for this experiment because the focus is a line. When the sun’s rays meet at the focus, enough heat is generated which is capable of cooking a hotdog.

The solar hotdog cooker is just one practical, small application. Using the power of the sun to cook food is an ideal choice for many who would like to conserve electricity and fuel. In many rural areas of the world, solar cookers have been introduced to replace cooking on wood fires, gas and electric stoves. (Apuntar, Lance; Masilang, Rey et al.)