Science Investigatory Project
SY 2014-2015
ALTERNATIVE GLUE
Submitted to:
Ms. Marisol Ann De Leon
Submitted by:
Janice Mae Uy
Claudette Dyan Rueda
Gemmalyn Bartolo
Methodology
Materials Needed:
Flour
Water
Egg whites
Rice
Bowl
Procedure:
1. Mix the flour and the water.
2. On the other container, smash the rice.
3. Mix the smashed rice and the flour.
4. Stir.
5. Put the egg whites on the mixture.
6. Stir.
7. Then transfer the mixture to an old container of glue.
Enjoy your alternative glue.
Review of Related Literature
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the grain with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize, according to data of FAOSTAT 2012.
Oryza sativa with small wind pollinated flowers
Since a large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. Chinese legends attribute the domestication of rice to Shennong, the legendary Emperor of China and inventor of Chinese agriculture. Genetic evidence has shown that rice originates from a single domestication 8,200–13,500 years ago in the Pearl River valley region of China. Previously, archaeological evidence had suggested that rice was domesticated in the Yangtze River valley region in China. From East Asia, rice was spread to Southeast and South Asia. Rice was introduced to Europe through Western Asia, and to the Americas through European colonization.
There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally. In some areas such as the Far East or Spain, there is a preference for