why so ambiguous?

not EXACTLY sure if this is relevant, most results I get from google are about the history of periodic tables..stuff the ambiguity.
this is what I have found so far...

"A Short History of Tables - Fine Woodworking Article: "Although there are
innumerable uses for tables, they all share one thing in common: a surface,
typically flat and horizontal, that may be used for working on or eating from.
Beyond this there are probably more kinds of tables than there are types of any
other class of furniture.

Varieties of construction aside, four-legged
tables have predominated ever since ancient Egypt, although Greek and Roman
tables were often slab-sided, in the manner of altars. The other main defining
characteristic of a table is its height, and this has risen with changes in
seating; tables from ancient Rome being low enough to serve low couches, while
more recent types are made higher to accommodate chairs." "

and then it goes on about the 16th century (Tudor times) material and form... I suppose just more variables for me to think about.

I seem to going brilliantly terrible.

Shame that the ancient Greek and Romans weren't very scientific... blocks of stone for tables?
Come on people...

diagrams are cool, when you REALLY think about it.

the construction of cardboard/plastic tables the size of a dictionary and testing their strength doesn't seem to be too much of a bad idea, for now.
off to draw some diagrams (hoorah!)..

Tables.

I'm starting to gather bits of this and that to come up with a foolproof topic.
..TABLES.
What I'm thinking I'll do is, I'll look up the different inventions/discoveries of tables (material, structure, uses) and then attempt to build some diferent ones myself, out of cardboard.
(DIY!!!)
I could have variables such as material, area of base (surface kept the same), and how the base is structured.
annnd then I could see how many Mars Bars the 'tables' with dif bases can hold, to test their strength, etc.
I could base my observations on the area of the base in ratio to the area of the surface.

This doesn't sound too bad..
NB: this so called tables of mine are only going to be the size of a tissue box, I don't plan on physically using them..

Rocks won't physically/chemically weather in 2 months will they?

I is stuck.

OK
I was originally going to test the scattering of light (the process which shows why the sky is blue) and build me own model of the whole thing (light source, material/s it shines through to represent atmosphere, mirrors, results, etc.) but I got told today it has to be an ongoing experimented thing.

dang.

so now i've a various ideas on various things.
one - build, or get the same masses (volume) of objects of different materials, man-made and somewhat natural eg. steel, wood,platic, cloth, etc. and leave them under climatic conditions (in other words, outside), observing their rates and appearances of change.

two - collect rocks from different parks/beaches, observe THEIR reactions towards rain, sun, winds, local air. then determine their composition through research.
three - test stability, by building models (preferably out of cardboard and glue :)), assesing area to area ratio, and their impact on the object as a whole.
i don't even know what i'm going on about anymore.

off to surf the world wide web for ideas!