My Activities for the Group Pt. 1

We are doing a group activity in our Chemistry and You online course. I am in a group with my friend/classmate Baron, and classmate Micheal. We are doing a research project on Powerade/Gatorade and its affects on athletes. I am not sure if athletes should be our only target group though. I think we would have a lot more to write about if we expanded our target group to people who exercise. These drinks can be effective and useful to anyone who is exercising. I have done a lot of research on what Powerade/Gatorade is, how it works, and who uses it. I have done research on electrolytes and what they are too.

Since doing the research I have been brainstorming ideas. I had an idea of doing a research activity testing to see if Gatorade or Powerade works for us. If we exercised for different periods of time and drinking these drinks. It may be an activity that takes several days of research but I think it would be beneficial to the paper creating a lot of things to write about to fill the pages of research we have to do. Our paper has to be 12-16 pages long. It is four pages double spaced per group member. When we were first assigned the group project my members emailed me back quickly. As the week has progressed though I havent heard much from either member about what they are doing. I send emails out every other day. I have strep throat right now so I haven't been feeling well. Yesterday I went to school and came home and fell asleep. Today I have been lying in bed all day, so I have been working on school work I am behind on. I read the chapters in Caveman Chemistry and think that the chapters relate to the chapters we read in Napoleons Buttons. I think that Napoleons Buttons is much easier to read and understand than the Caveman Chemistry book. I feel as though what I have read and understood that these chapters relate to one another in some way. I hope this group project starts to pull together and I get more help. I know that everyone has their own life and we are all busy. I can admit that I too am not always up on my homework. I am sure that we can get things going and it will turn out pretty well.