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1 | Timestamp | Your Name | In order to test the effect of.... | ....on... | I will | and measure.... | by using a..... | What are some possible sources of error? | How will you hold other variables constant (o.c.o.t.)? | Mr. Heumann's comments to you. | ||||||||||||||
2 | 3/20/2024 12:33:25 | Hugo | how fast can people find certain countries | different grades | get a stopwatch and show a guy a globe/google earth and tell them to look for a country and time it | how fast each grade's average was | globe and stopwatch | some people could have close relatives in the hard to find countries, making it easy for them | wat i forgor what dat meens 💀 | 6 | This will be good. You'll have to perform the task on multiple kids at each age level in order to get some reliable data | |||||||||||||
4 | 45369.8525 | Josie snyder | clenleiness of pennies | witch drink/liquid cleans the pennies fastest | get sprite, coke, and sparkeling water to see in the end what pennie is the cleanest | how much time dose the pennies in each liquid get clean | time | FInding pennies that have the same amount of dirt | Same amount of liquid | 6 | Reverse your entries for independent and dependent variables. (test the effect of fluid type on penny cleanliness) | |||||||||||||
5 | 3/18/2024 11:56:53 | emily | what type of music i play. | how long my dog stay with me while im playing it/how much does my dog com | play a different song/genre of music | Messure how long or how much my dog comes in | timef on my ipad | my dogs mood or other distractions like the doorbell. | do it closer to night time so other distractions like the doorbell are less likely to happen. | 7 | this will be challening but see how it goes. Do the experiment soon, so if you need to make modifications, you won't be under a time crunch before the SciFair | |||||||||||||
6 | 3/11/2024 16:35:13 | Arsh | paper airplane size | paper airplane | make different size of paper and see which goes farther | in cm or inches | ruler or meter stick | to much wind or paper ripped | glue and tape | 6 | ||||||||||||||
7 | 3/11/2024 12:56:13 | emily | how much time does it take to get my dog to learn a trick. | time. | I will choose a trick and see how long it takes for my dog to learn it. | amount of time. | timer and recording the time then adding it all up in the end. | my dog doesn't want to learn or just leaves and isn't interested. | Keep treats with me so he is interested and doesn't want to leave. | 7 | This is a great activity, but doesn't fit into the "effect of _____ on ____" scenario. | |||||||||||||
8 | 3/11/2024 12:54:12 | arsh | how wind effect planes | planes | first I will do some research and see how wind effect planes | mile km | a plane | plane crash | idk | 5 | This is more of a research project than an experiment. | |||||||||||||
9 | 3/11/2024 12:50:59 | Hugo | is it true that 90% of boys hate taylor swift?(just what the internet says dont hate me if you like her) | boys | fkjb | erw | etgb | df | egwubhk | 1 | ||||||||||||||
10 | 3/11/2024 12:49:32 | Ameen | what team drip I wear | what comment people make to me | For 3 days, I will wear a shirt or hat with a chief logo or player on it. I will measure how much people comment on what I am wearing, one section for a good comment, and one section for a bad comment. Then, I will do the same with the 49ers on it. | like/dislike the chiefs and 49ers. | my brain and paper to tally | I might be in the right place in the right. Also, people might not have any comments. | The people should not know I am doing the experiment. | 6 | ||||||||||||||
11 | 3/11/2024 12:46:57 | johnny | Branding between different sodas | Different people's preference | Put Coke, Pepsi, Diet Coke, and the diet pepsi, and a box that they cannot see the different sodas. | How many people actually like the sodas that they say they like | Chart | People might try to peek at the sodas behind the box | 7 | |||||||||||||||
12 | 3/11/2024 12:22:45 | Aleena | charity causes | peoples interest to donate | get 10 people, and give them a form with different causes, asking them to write down how much they would donate for each cause. I will take their forms back and see how the donation cause effects different people. | the total amount of money that was donated to each cause | calculator or my brain | people might not want to be rude, and might donate the same for each subject, and peoples income might be different, effecting how much they are willing to donate. | I will tell everyone that you dont actually have to donate, and that i just want to know how much they would want to give if they could give any amount. | 4 | ||||||||||||||
13 | 3/11/2024 12:22:41 | emily | What is the majority's favorite subject in school? | opinion. | I will ask 20 different people from dcs what their favorite subject in school. | interest/opinion. | bar graph. | they pick recess or lunch or selectives, they don't answer, they joke about the subject they like. | I give them options or just ask them to pick again or just ignore their answer and keep going. | 4 | This is a survey but not an experiment. | |||||||||||||
14 | 3/11/2024 12:21:48 | Ian | hydration | different types of sports | make people do different types of sports for half in hour and measure the amount of water people drink. | Ounces of water | Measuring cup and many timer. | Some people might have days when they have more stamina than other days. Also, they might be tired after doing the first sport so they might drink more the second time they do a sport. | I will have a person do a few sports in one day so that they have the same amount of stamina for each sport. I will also make sure to let them take a break after doing a sport. | 5 | Good. You might want to also measure heart or breathing rate after they do the sport. | |||||||||||||
15 | 3/11/2024 12:21:08 | kevin | music | push ups | have 15 people do push ups WITH MUSIC and 15 people do push ups WITHOUT MUSIC for 1 minute | amount of push ups for 1 minute | two things called EYES | someone could be going to the gym everyday | same place, same time | 6 | This will be good, but make sure that your people don't know that you're testing for the effect of music. | |||||||||||||
16 | 3/11/2024 12:20:29 | Gordon | screen time and eyesight | 6th graders | put a letter chart from big to small | how small people with a lot of screen time can read | chart | they don't have screen time | use the same letter sheet | 6 | Good plan, but you have to re-phrase how you entered the info into this form. | |||||||||||||
17 | 3/11/2024 12:17:59 | xinyan | Walks | on finishing their water | start by on the first day walking 30 min then increasing by 10 min every day until they finish a bowl after the walk | time and amount of water | pair of eyes and watch/clock | if they dont drink the water or if its not all the ay full | fill the water bowl all the way (don't give water before) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
18 | 3/11/2024 12:15:51 | Abrian | different liquids | metal | get ten cups of random liquids (pickle juice,vinegar e.t.c) and put the same type of metal inside | layers of oxidation | respirometer | ??? | ??? | 6 | Great idea. How will you measure the amount of oxidation? | |||||||||||||
19 | 3/11/2024 12:13:36 | ian | if dogs eat kibble | dogs | give my dog kibble | how much kibble she eats | kibble | idk | idk | 2 | This doesn't make sense to me | |||||||||||||
20 | 3/11/2024 12:11:07 | Emily | What candy is most poular | opinion. | take gummy candies, chocolate candies and, hard candies. | 20 grams of each candy probably. | bar graph. | someone might not be able to eat one of the candies or not like any or not be able to decide. | I should use equal amounts of all candies so no one is swayed by the amount. | 5 | This is more of a survey than an experiment | |||||||||||||
21 | 3/11/2024 12:10:04 | lucas | pencil sharpness | how good you can write with a different pencil sharpness sharpness | i will get someone to write with a different pencil length and see what length they best can write with. | and i will measure what length the best hand writing is. | by using a graph to measure what length they can best write with | the person might be sick, i will lose the pencil, or i will lose the graph | i am holding the diameter of the pencil | 6 | The challenge of this will be to find a way to measure a person't writing quality compared to their "normal" | |||||||||||||
22 | 3/11/2024 12:01:57 | Paige | FIREEEEE | Different types of wood | get several pieces of different kinds of wood that are the same size. | how fast they burn | timer | fire not the same for every wood test | I will make fires as identical in size and material as possible | 3 | This will be a great (and useful) experiment. You'll have to find a way to measure burn rate. | |||||||||||||
23 | 3/11/2024 12:00:00 | Joseph | books vs manga | little kids | put 2 manga books and 2 regular books | how many people pick manga and how many pick regular books | table to hold the books | people pick manga more | other variables dont matter | 5 | Interresting topic. Talk to me about "independent" and "dependent" variables. | |||||||||||||
24 | 3/11/2024 11:57:14 | Eva | Sight | taste | basically do a blind taste test , having each person guess the food and scale how much they like it from 1-10 , then having them eat the same food not blind then scale it | how much it effects people ..like if they like a food without seeing it but then dislike it when they see it | chart | if they peek | 3 | Hmm. What kinds of foods are you thinking of? | ||||||||||||||
25 | 3/11/2024 8:36:34 | Celine | book thickness | how much people are willing to read it | take 20 or so books of the same geaner some large some not and put them next to each other in a book shelf. | how many times a book is pick up and what catagoy of length it falls into | have a person sit and wach how many books are inspected for say 3 or so days | the person waching might not keep the best track or people might be influensed by peer presher. | we could have people take turns mesering and we could meser in places were there are less people in gropes. | 4 | ||||||||||||||
26 | 3/10/2024 22:37:30 | Altay | how long does it take for ice to form at different degrees of Fahrenheit? | water (to help form) | get small cups of water, put them in all different temperatures | use about 3 cups of water | by checking the time until it freezes | the cups spilling while it is freezing could mess up the process | Using same type cups, and also using a cup-holder | 3 | This sounds interesting and I'll be interrested in the results. I'm wondering where/how you will create the freezing environments of different temperatures. | |||||||||||||
27 | 3/9/2024 13:41:02 | Arsh | CUP And fps | On a chormebook | first I will choose a game then then run a cup test while play the game and also checking my FPS and use different weapon and see how it effect my FPS | FPS and CUP | Cromebook | My wifi,system can't handle it or wrong FPS and CPU | iDK | 7 | I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what you want to test and how you will test it. It seems like a great idea, though. | |||||||||||||
28 | 3/7/2024 8:57:20 | Lily L. | Popsicles melting | how long it takes differnt flavors | i will put three different popsicles from the same brand on to the same type of bowls. | time | timer | Popsicles could be different sizes | Check every 2 minutes | 4 | Your experiment is very do-able but I think that you might want to challenge yourself with something a bit more complex. | |||||||||||||
29 | 3/6/2024 12:51:40 | Ameen | activity type | level of addiction | I will make the subjects do three different tasks. Reading, video games, and playing outside, each taking 20 minutes each. I will then ask the subjects which one was the most addicting to them from 1 to 3. | Which one is most addicting | clipboard | people say what other people say | to have a heads down vote | 5 | It would be better if you had better ways to "measure" level of addiction other than self-evaluation. You might need to choose a different word as well. | |||||||||||||
30 | 3/6/2024 12:49:02 | Ian | Time of the day | Reading time | I will read the same book everyday, changing the time of the day I read. | Minutes of reading time. | Using a stopwatch, a book and a graph. | There are parts in the book that are more interesting than other parts in the book. There are also times when I am busier so I will probably have less time to read. | I will read in my room so that the environment of the place I read will not cause me to read less/more. I will also read on the weekends so that I am not busy. | 4 | This isn't really enough of an "experiment". As the reader, couldn't you just decide how long you'll read? Also, the level of interest in the book (or parts of the book) will vary. | |||||||||||||
31 | 3/6/2024 12:46:30 | Zayd | pencil sharpness | handwriting | take 5 pencils with varied sharpness and give it to someone. then they will write with them and I will see what is the best sharpness | handwriting | my eyes | person may not be very consistent with handwriting | the way they hold the pencil, the amount of pressure, the type/brand of pencil, the handwriting | 5 | This seems a bit too simple for you. It will be hard to measure writing quality. | |||||||||||||
32 | 3/6/2024 12:46:04 | Josie | skittles color | peoples perseption on taste | I need one person two people to try all 7 skittles and see if the color actuelly matters? | x | x | people just guess and actuelly get it correct | put each person in seperate rooms so there not influinced in others ancwers | 3 | ||||||||||||||
33 | 3/6/2024 12:44:21 | Kyle | the affect of ice cube shapes on how fast it melts | ice cubes | put different shapes of ice cubes in different cups | how fast different shapes melt | video camera to monitor how fast each one takes to melt | camera at a bad angle | do it all on the same day and place | 2 | make sure you use ice cubes of same volume. It might be hard to say exactly when a cube has melted. | |||||||||||||
34 | 3/6/2024 12:44:13 | Arshaum | Old games compared to newer games in peoples enjoyment | See who the type of the older version of the game compared of the game | I will ask 10 people if they like the older games compared to the newer games | I will go up by 10 years 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 | I will make a chart of peoples enjoyment on the game | If the a person likes different types of games | I will do it in my room and ask people to try the games | 6 | It would be much better if you could find a way to have them play the game before they rank it. | |||||||||||||
35 | 3/6/2024 12:43:48 | Gordon | sports | how many people play | ask everybody in class if they play sports | the number of tallys | chart | they don't play sports | only one sport | 6 | This isn't really an experiment; more like a survey. I bet you could come up with something more complex and meaningful. | |||||||||||||
36 | 3/6/2024 12:41:26 | Eva | the freezer | different liquids | Get a few different liquids and put them all in the same type of cup | how long it takes the liquids to freeze | timer and a freezer | If I'm not around to check the liquids regularly and if I can't do them all at the same time what if the amount of things in the freezer affects the freezing time | using the same type of cup | 3 | What sorts of liquids would you use, and how will you know exactly when they are completely frozen? | |||||||||||||
37 | 3/6/2024 12:40:09 | kevin | music | push ups | I will have 3 people do push ups with the same music and measure how much they did | amount of push ups until the music stops | two things called my eyes | maybe some people do much more exercise than the other | same place and same time | 6 | You'll have to come up with a way to compare # of push ups during music vs # of push ups w/o music, but without fatigue confounding your results. Test more than 3 people. Maybe closer to 30. | |||||||||||||
38 | 3/6/2024 12:37:50 | Aleena | different liquids | ice melting time | get 5 different liquids and 5 identical ice cubes and out one ice cube in each cup | how fast each cube melts (in seconds) | thermometer | if the sunlight hits one glass more than the other | same size ice cubes and same amt of water, and also all in room temp. | 6 | This is the same as Eva, which is fine because you two could compare methods and results. | |||||||||||||
39 | 3/6/2024 12:37:15 | Blake | frozen fluid tybe | freezing and melting points | freeze different fluids and check how long it takes for them to melt in a room temputor room | how many minutes/second it takes for the fluid to go back to liquid form | timer | different temputors or how to know if fully frozen/melted | temputor, plate, day/time, people in room | 7 | This is similar to Eva and Aleena. See my comment on theirs | |||||||||||||
40 | 3/6/2024 12:31:06 | joseph | VR | Different age groups | Let 5 people of ages 10-18 20-30 40-60 | how many enjoy and how much dont | VR headset | Everyone is scared of vr | idk what that means | 4 | This doesn't make sense to me. | |||||||||||||
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42 | 10/10/2016 | Andre | balance | height | Get multiple people with different heights and have them balance on one foot and time them. | time in seconds | stop watch | Reaction time to stop and start the stopwatch. Other things effecting balance. | Use the same stop watch and same place. | 7 | ||||||||||||||
43 | 10/7/2016 | x | Lena | kindness/rudeness on mercy | number of peppers put into bowl | have an unlucky volunteer be rude to people as i call them into testing, then give them an opportunity to have revenge "forcing person to eat any number of pepers and type" however, in some tests, unlucky volunteer will be kind to the people and apologize for bumping into them, then i will give the subject a chance at revenge and see if they will take it after the volunteer was polite and kind. | rundeness/mass of peppers | scale and language | the subject may have a personal issue with the volunteer. | same environment | 7 | |||||||||||||
44 | 10/6/2016 | Nicole | time of day | foot race time | Do a 100 Meter dash @ 5:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 7:00 PM. Each time, I will have my mom, dad, and, maybe, a friend time me to see how long it takes me to complete the 100 Meter dash. | Meters per Second | Stopwatch (any) | -Having just me as a test subject, so I will try and get some, 4, friends to take part, past 5:00 AM. -Having the experiment take place @ such an early time, so I won't do the experiment @ 5:00 AM. | By asking the people taking part in the experiment to be as accurate as possible(AKA, tell them not to prepare for each dash, and have all timers start @ roughly the same time. | 7 | This will be good. It would be good if you could do the experiment with other people too. OR you could repeat it a few times. More data is better. | |||||||||||||
45 | 10/6/2016 | x | Caedon | Task endurance | Reward size | I will tell people to do a tedious task 5 people i will tell them that they will get 4 blow pops, then find 5 new people I will tell them they will get 3 blow pop if they do it, repeat this step all with the lowering blow pops all the way to zero.(side note: I will tell them that they dont have to do the task if the want to). | Amount of people who choose to do activity | lolipops | Whether people like blow pops, if they like sorting. | I cant account for whether people like sorting but I can have another prize to make it more desirable to finish the task. | 7 | Yup. This might yield some interesting data about human behavior. | ||||||||||||
46 | 10/6/2016 | x | Ayden | game type | computer temputure | Play three Video Game and after 10 20 and 30 minutes I will test the temputure. | Temputure | Computer | Different GBs | the main screen | 6 | Yes, go. I think that you should do more than three games and be sure to repeat the experiment more than just once. | ||||||||||||
47 | 10/6/2016 | Kentaro | hydration | pushups | I will get 3 people each day to do as much pushups as possible in 1 set. Every other day I will give them water, and on the other days they wont drink anything an hour before, so they would be less hydrated. | pushups | piece of paper and a pencil | There are too many variables. | I will make sure they do the same routine each day. | 4 | Ok, go ahead and try this. I think that there are probably many factors other than pre-exercise hydration that might influence # of push ups | |||||||||||||
48 | 10/5/2016 | Taran | color of sharpie | how long it take to dry out | get 7 different color sharpies, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black. I will lay out the sharpies for 15 minutes and check them every minute to see when the sharpies dry out. I will do multiple tests. | amount of minutes it takes for the sharpies to dry out. | stopwatch or phone app | The temperature could be different each time I do my experiment. The sharpie could be previously used and if it is previously used it could affect how long it take to dry out. | I will go to a store and buy different sharpies each time I do a test. | 5 | Yup, that will work. You could improve on this a little by changing it from "drying out in air" to running out of ink from drawing. You would have to find a way to have each marker draw the same amount of stuff per unit time, but I think it would be really interesting to find out if there are certain colors that run out earlier than others. Oh, and as I think about this, I'm wondering how you decide when a marker is dried out -- it doesn't happen all at once, but instead it is a steady decline. | |||||||||||||
49 | 10/4/2016 | Taran | amount of water | how fast I can run | gather 4 different measuring cups. I will get the 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup, and a cup. I will do 20 yard sprints after drinking each amount of water. I will drink 1/4 cup of water then do a 20 yard sprint, then I will drink 1/3 of a cup then do a 20 yard sprint, but I will wait 10 minutes in between each test. I will repeat these steps with a 1/2 cup, 1 cup, then finally 2 cups of water. | how fast I can run in seconds | stopwatch or phone app | I could put to much or too little water. The biggest source of error could be when I am timing how fast I can run. I could start or stop the timer too early or late. | I will measure the water accurately and I will try and time my self correctly. | 4 | There are too many factors, other than volume of water consumed, that might influence your running time. | |||||||||||||
50 | 10/4/2016 | Thomas | Water | Cucumber (Size) | I will take 10 ripe equal length cucumbers, Fill up 9 bowls with different amounts of water. I will set one cucumber aside with no water and put the rest in each of the bowls. I will measure the length of each cucumber and see if Water really does Expand a cucumber over the Course of 5 - 8 hours. | Inches/Cups | Ruler/Cup | I could forget to make sure that they are all the same size. They could all stay the same length. | The water will be the constant variable because it's going to be different amounts in each bowl | 5 | Ok, but the independent variable only has 2 levels. Maybe you could use salinity (0 to x) for the independent. | |||||||||||||
51 | 10/4/2016 | Gwen | Spices | Water | Put different spices into cups of water and see how it changes it (density, color, look, etc) | density, color, look, any bubbles or anything like that... | eyes | water temperature being differnt, could effect how the spices effect it | Put the same amount of each spice into each water. | 7 | your measurements are too subjective. | |||||||||||||
52 | 10/4/2016 | Neha | understanding a topic | memory | gather around 15 - 20 people. Come up with a list of ten words - 5 super easy ones (run, lamp, bed...) and 5 really difficult ones (effervescent, iridescent...). Recite the ten words to the person and give them 20 seconds to remember them. Then, ask them to tell you all ten words. I will look at the number of words remembered for each category - hard and easy. | the ratio of hard words remembered to easy words remembered | table or chart | Each person has a different vocabulary, so one person might find all the difficult words to be really easy. | I will ask each person the same list and all the people will be in the same grade. | 7 | This will test the relationship between word complexity/familiarity and memory, not "understanding a topic". | |||||||||||||
53 | 10/4/2016 | Caedon | task endurance | Candy reward | I would have people come out side and 5 people I would tell that I would give them 3 blowpops if they | Amount of beads sorted(if possible) | counting | Attention span and Mood | I will try to keep the bead at a level of work that is tedious but not to hard. | 6 | describe your independent variable. | |||||||||||||
54 | 10/4/2016 | x | DanChi | the size of replica playing cards | how good I can use them to build a tower | Build 4 types of towers, one with 2x1.5 in cards, one with standard cards, one with 3x4 in cards, and the last one with the 5x6 cards. (All cards will be made out of the same cardstock paper.) | which card type can stand with 1 story, and then 2 stories, etc. | clipboard and chart | The surface that I build of might be slanted, causing the card tower to topple. I might breath to hard, causing the tower to topple. | The same deck(s) of cards for each tower I build Same person will be building and recording each time The building surface the shape of the tower | 6 | You've got to flesh this out even more. The experiment you propose will yield a "binary" result... "x is better than y". But the experiment should yield more complex data. I like the house-of-cards topic, but I'm wondering if there isn't something that you can do in that area that conforms a bit better to the intent of this assignment. | ||||||||||||
55 | 9/29/2016 | Aidan | Time of day | Writing Speed | From when I wake up to when I go to sleep, every hour, I will write out a set paragraph and time how long it takes to write it, and I will write down the results. | How long it takes to write | Timer | I might write faster some times than others, and I might want to get it over with faster on some times. | I will keep the paragraph the same, I will make the person writing it (me) be the same person, I will do the test each day of the week instead of one, and I will write on paper with the same sized lines. | 6 | Interesting. Why not do this with more than just yourself. You'll need lots of data in order to make a well-substantiated conclusion. | |||||||||||||
56 | 9/29/2016 | Amiri | head temperature | shirt color | start by wearing a white shirt and take the before temperature, then step outside for five minutes and then come back in and take the after temperature. Do this for more times but each time wear a darker color shirt | head temperature | thermometer | If you are not outside for 5 minutes. | I will do it on the same day at about the same time of the day. | Yeah, you can do this but it will be hard for you to collect lots and lots of data and also to control all the variables. | ||||||||||||||
57 | 9/29/2016 | x | Thomas | Music Genre | Basketball (Shooting) | I will first shoot 10 shots, from a marked area. Than record how many I make out of 10. I will then listen to a certain Genre of music and shoot 10 more times from the marked spot with the same ball. I will repeat this process 3 more times listening to different genre's of music each time. | Shots out of 10 | N/A | I could miss every single shot. | I could use a different ball. I could not shoot from the same spot each time. I could also shoot on a completely different hoop.The music types will be on completely different volumes. | 1/5/1900 0:00:00 | Yes, go. I think that you should play the music WHILE you are shooting. Why not do this with more than just yourself. You'll need lots of data in order to make a well-substantiated conclusion. | ||||||||||||
58 | 9/28/2016 | x | Maya | type of shoes | running speed | Get 10 people have them bring 2 pairs of shoes, tenis shoes, flip-flop and barefeet. Have 100 meters (pavment) ready make sure you sweap. Then have each persion run the distans time it. Then wait 2 mints have them switch to flip-flops do the same thing, then again with bare feet. | time per 100 meters | stopwatch | Not in a compleatly contolled inverment People could get tried Diforent running shoes Timeing | Making sure the people do the samething in thier 2 mint brake Checking the shoes to see how tight they are | 1/5/1900 0:00:00 | I think that you should give more rest time between runs. Also, vary the order of the shoes. | ||||||||||||
59 | 9/28/2016 | x | Taran | the amount of air in a football | how far I can throw it | get a football and pump it up to 10.5 psi. After each test i will go up by .5 psi till I reach 13.5 psi. When I pump up the football to a different psi, I will throw the football with the same amount of strength as all the other throws and measure how far I throw the football. | how far I throw it in yards | measuring tape or yard stick | I could measure the length wrong or I could throw each football with different amounts of strength. I could also put to much air in the football. | I will make sure I throw the football with the same amount of strength I will put the right amount of air in the football. | 1/3/1900 0:00:00 | Good idea, but it will be hard to assure the same amount of strength. | ||||||||||||
60 | 9/28/2016 | Kentaro | almonds | the amount of pushups I can do (1 rep) | See how many pushups I can do when you eat almonds and then see how many pushups I can do without eating almonds (do the workouts on different days). | the amount of pushups I do | piece of paper and a pencil | I might get tired from the day before, which may decrease the amount of pushups I can do. | Have a similar routine each day | 1/2/1900 0:00:00 | I think that there will be many factors, other than just number of almonds consumed that might effect the number of push ups. And you won't know. | |||||||||||||
61 | 9/28/2016 | Caedon | The Effect of Candy rewards to hard work | I will have people put on earphones(sames song) and try to do as many math problems as possible in 2 minutes. | time | stopwatch | How people react to music. How comfortable people are with loud noises while working. | Same math problems and same amount of time. | 1/4/1900 0:00:00 | Will the tests be different or same? If they are the same, then practice might influence score. If they are different, then some might be harder than others. Hard to isolate variables. | ||||||||||||||
62 | 9/28/2016 | Nicole | Marble Weight | feet per second | make a 45 degree angle ramp, able to fit 5 split-up marbles, that is 2 ft long. I will make the course a total of 10 ft long(not including the ramp), and I will use the stop watch on my i-pod to better see the results. marbles will be numbered from least amount of weight, to greatest. | feet per second. | i-pod stop watch | I could maybe make the ramp less steep, to get better results, or I could do one marble at a time. I would have to make the rolling surface smooth, for both the ramp, and the 5 feet afterwards. I could make it one foot, to make the results easier to calibrate. | I will use the same ramp, the same marble placement, the same rolling surface(smooth), and I will make the ramp as straight as humanly possible. | 5 | What is column D supposed to be? | |||||||||||||
63 | 9/27/2016 | x | Karina | math questions | type of music I have playing | I will play a different genre each day while doing math homework | how many questions I get right out of 10 | a table | I can accidently be in different parts of the house which would effect how much I concentrate on the questions and could possibly get some wrong because of that. | Only put questions that are my grade level | 1/4/1900 0:00:00 | reverse columns B and C. You're testing the effect that type of music has on math homework accuracy, right? Good idea, but you'll need lots of data in order to make a valid (substantiated) claim. | ||||||||||||
64 | 9/27/2016 | Mikey | the number of hours I sleep | the number of one arm push ups I can complete | sleep for nine hours on one night and measure how many one arm push ups I can do with my right arm, then each night lower the number of hours I sleep and see how many one arm push ups I can do that day. | the temperature of the room I'm doing one arm push ups in, the number of hours I sleep, and the number of one arm push ups I do | thermometer, a clock, a piece of paper, and a pencil. | I could be in pain from the one arm push ups I did the previous day. | I will turn on or off the AC to control the temperature, do the one arm push ups in the same room every day, and at the same time of day. | 6 | This will be fine, but perhaps you could get someone else to do it too (more test subjects = more reliable data sets) | |||||||||||||
65 | 9/27/2016 | Michael | playing video games before | typing speed | I will first take a control test by taking a bunch of test of how fast multiple people type paragraphs (with all the same amount letters). Then a couple hours later have them play the same people play the same video game for 30 minutes. After that, make them type the same paragraphs and measure how fast they type. | how many seconds it takes them to write a paragraph | stop watch | Since the second time they already know the paragraphs they know to type and probably type faster. The video game may be not involving much typing. | I will have everyone do it at the same time of day. I will have them play the same video game and the same parts of the video game. They will type the same paragraphs so that there is no difference in difficulty. | 5 | Take error into account too, not just speed. The paragraphs should be of similar complexity, but different from each other so "practice" doesn't become a psoe. | |||||||||||||
66 | 9/27/2016 | William | saying negative things to different genders | what will a girl do after being said something negative to, and what will a boy do. | I will get a group of 20 people, 10 boys and 10 girls, and one by one tell them the same negative thing in a controlled environment. The next day I will ask them what they did after I told them the negative thing, and see how the different genders reacted differently. | Which gender got more bent out of shape more than the other. | I will ask them on a scale of 1 to 10 how sad or mad they were after I told them something negative. (1 being not sad 10 being devastated) | Some one may not care or care to much about the negative thing I said to them simply because of personal reasons. There is no way of knowing what a person is thinking and in an expirement like this one you need trust that the person is not lying about how sad they were to save face or other reasons. | Because I am testing 20 people it is unlikely that the majority will answer the 1-10 scale untruthfully because of a reason that doesnt have to do with the experiment. Also because there are 20 people it will hopefully balance any outliers. | 1/4/1900 0:00:00 | This will be very interesting. You'll need to clarify your dependent variable. "What will they do" is too vague. Perhaps you should make a recording of your messages (pos and neg) and post the sound file with a link. Have kids go to their assigned link and listen to your message with headphones on. THen, have them do some task or survey or whatever you think will measure that independent variable you've defined. | |||||||||||||
67 | 9/27/2016 | lena | wing size | on flight speed | I will find friends who have pet birds, measure their wing span and have them fly to a treat and measure the speed with a radar | mph | radar | the bird might not fly its fastest | same enviorment, same treat, same distance. | 1 | This will be too hard to do. | |||||||||||||
68 | 9/27/2016 | x | Taika | colors | memory | I will print out 10 objects onto 3 different colors of paper. I will then ask 10 subjects per color to take thirty seconds to memorize the objects. Then I will wait for two minutes, then ask which objects they remember. | how many objects they remember from the picture | clipboard and a checklist | Some people may have better memories than others. | The time they have to memorize the objects The time they have to wait The objects The order of the objects The size of the pictures of objects The room where this test will take place | 1/5/1900 0:00:00 | good. Interesting. | ||||||||||||
69 | 9/27/2016 | Jacob | The genre of music | How many classmates can get distrac | Play different genres of music while Mr.Heumann is teaching and see how many students will get distracted | the number of students | just counting | none that i know of | i will be using different music | 7 | How will you measure "distractedness" for a whole group of people? This is a good idea, but I think you should come up with a different way to test (smaller group and more controlled situation). | |||||||||||||
70 | 9/27/2016 | Rianna | the speed that candy melts in water | the kind of candy | take 3 different types of candy and have 20 of each. I will put one candy in each cup (3 at a time) at watch them in 20 min incriments for 3 hours and see which candy melts fastest. | the time it takes for the candy to melt (in minutes) | stopwatch | The candies may be different sizes or they might accidentally be moved around in the cup. It is a subjective chart and I will need something to grade it to. The time might be to long or to short. | They will be the same 3 kinds of candies and the same amount of water. I will be looking at the test the same amount of time in the same incriments. | 4 | Using 3 different TYPES of candy isn't really varying a LEVEL of something. The independent variable should be something that you can change in amount, not just type. Subtle (advanced) difference, but you can handle it, I think. | |||||||||||||
71 | 9/27/2016 | x | max | the time | the number of people at Peets | i will go to peets every hour for a whole day | number of people | eyeballs | ? | i will visitd peets every hour | 7 | You'll have to do this on multiple days in order to collect enough data to make a well-substantiated conclusion. | ||||||||||||
72 | 9/27/2016 | Neha | a color preference | which picture they will pick from a set | find at least 15 people. Then, print out pictures of roses that are each a different color (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, white, black, orange, pink). I will ask each person which picture they like best. Afterwards, I will ask what their favorite color is. | the percentage of people that picked a picture that matches their favorite color | graph or chart | Someone might not have a favorite color, or they might just be picking one at random. Also, if I use flowers, they might pick the prettier flower instead of picking based on the color. | I will use the same pictures for each person and I will use the same type of flower for each color. | 6 | You should do the color preference and picture picking at different times so your test subjects don't make the connection. This is a good exp't but the results seem very predictable (to me). Maybe too simple. | |||||||||||||
73 | 9/27/2016 | x | Parth Juthani | ice cube shape | melting time and speed | I will put water in different shapes and sizes of stencils for ice cubes, putting the same amount of water in each stencil, and freeze them all for the same time. I will put them all out in the same area in the same temperature, and record the time for how long each will melt. I stop the time when all the stencils are pure liquid water, with no ice | time | stopwatch | maybe how old the water is, or how much waters i put, but i will be putting the same amount of water. | I will keep same temperature, same room, same amount of time in freezer, and same amount of water. | 7 | Ok. It would be good if you could quantify some attributes of the ice-shapes so you can make a claim about the relation between those attributes and melting rate. | ||||||||||||
74 | 9/27/2016 | DanChi | Type of music | focus on homework | I will be doing my homework for 1 hour everyday for 1 or 2 weeks, and I will play 2 types of music each day; pop, and classical. (Not to specific, but sort of general area a music). | I will record how long I can focus with each type, for the full hour. The music will be at the same volume and the same songs for each session. | Timer, and paper records (like writing it down on a paper) | The records I keep ight not be accurate as to how I actually am focusing | Same time of day, same songs, same amount of homework time. I will be sitting at the same spot at my desk every day. | 5 | How will you measure "focus"? | |||||||||||||
75 | 9/27/2016 | Gwen | Day of the week | Time I wake up | Be woken up the same time Mon-Fri (8:00) and see which time I actually wake up | What time I wake up | clock | Inconsistency of times I'm being woken up | Same time I'm woken up How I'm woken up Keep a clock beside me | 7 | You would have to do this over the course of months and months to gather enough data to be able to make any valid claim about the relationship between DoW and get-up time. | |||||||||||||
76 | 9/27/2016 | lena | the rudeness o politeness of people | the way the victim reacts | have one volenteer walk into my other test subjects as they walk in for testing, and be rude to them or be poilite and apologize. then i will give the sunjects a chance at revenge and see if they take it using chili and spicy sause. | mercy | the amount of spicy sauce put in the chili | the rude person might mess up | by providing the same enviroment for all sunbjects. | 7 | Columns C and D show a good idea, but you'll need to come up with a better way to test it. | |||||||||||||
77 | 9/27/2016 | x | Rianna | The effect of the shape of the ice | on the melting speed of the ice | I will change the shape of the ice cube. | the time it takes for it to melt (in minutes) | a stopwatch | The biggest source would be human error. I could miss which ice cube melts first and the chart of melting would be subjective so it might not be completely accurate. | Each ice cube would have the exact same amount of water. The only difference between the ice would be the shape of the ice. They would be in the same climate and would be done at the same time so I could compare. They will all melt for the same amount of time. | 6 | okee dokee | ||||||||||||
78 | 9/27/2015 | x | Alyssa | flavor of ice cream | melt time | take 3 same size scoops of 3 different flavors of the same brand ice cream (total of 9 scoops) and put each of them on identical plates and let them sit at room temperature. | how long it takes each to melt in minutes | timer | inconsistent ice cream scoop size, height or density | same brand of ice cream, same size scoop, same temperature, same kind of plate | 7 | Good, but measure the ice cream by weight and try to find a way that surface area exposed to air is consistent. Also, how will you decide when it is all melted? | ||||||||||||
79 | 9/23/2015 | Dominick | Hand position for pushups | How many push-ups possible | Have 10 people Do as many push-ups as they can with three different arm positions. I will then multiply all 10 results by a constant so that they equal out, and see how significantly push-up count depends on technique. | how many pushups can complete based on the technique | paper and pen to record the numbers | some people might have slightly different muscle ratios | I will multiply the amount of push-ups done with normal form for everyone so that they equal the number of normal form push ups done by a constant. I will then multiply the number of other from push-ups by the exact number used to make the normal pushups done by each person equal to the number of pushups done by the constant with normal form. Then I will compare results as If all contestants have the strength as the constant. | 7 | ||||||||||||||
80 | 9/23/2015 | x | Yassin | air pressure | bounce height | get some basketballs fill them with different amounts of air (pressure) and drop each ball from the same height and messure the height of their bounce | height of the bounce | tape messure | Inconsistent dropping method, and its also hard to messure the height of the bounce | same time of day same person dropping it same person mesuring it | 4 | Go for it! | ||||||||||||
81 | 9/23/2015 | Micah | paper | heat | Put the paper in a bowl on a coaster and heat it up slowly with a thermometer and check when light emites from the paper | heat (Fahrenheit) | thermometer | Some one disturbs the processes or thermometer is broken. | light, movement, noise, wind, interfering substances. | 7 | So, you are just finding out what temperature paper lights at? What is the first blank and how will you vary it? Exactly, where will you put the thermometer? | |||||||||||||
82 | 9/23/2015 | x | Montana | What weapons a TF2 character has | How long the character lives | test how long I live by use training mode and then against real people with the bots I will use basic/medium/expert modes with the real people I will go on a pl(payload),cp(Control Point),ctf(Capture the flag), and a cpl (control point payload) by using all nine class and see how long I live | time of life | stopwatch | if the server wont load, and if my computer bans me from playing | By changing my load out once if I can see it being diffrent | 7 | |||||||||||||
83 | 9/23/2015 | x | Gavin | bait type (hard vs soft) | fish catching success at Vasona | use 15 different hard baits and 15 different soft baits. I will go to vasona lake 4 times and use each type for 1 hour each | what type of bait they like to eat or go for | chart and writing down what type of fish and what type of bait they go for | if I dont catch anything or if I run out of baits | by writing down every step and writing down every single thing that happens | 7 | |||||||||||||
84 | 9/23/2015 | Miranda | Different types of music | schoolwork accuracy | Different type's of music (3 for each category/level): Musicals: Matilda; Revolting Children, Naughty, When Grow Up, Loud. Pop: Bad Blood, Uptown Funk, Shake It Off. Classical: Overture to William Tell Gioachino Rossini, Minuet in G Major Christian Petzold, Ode to Joy Ludwig van Beethoven, While reading 3 pages of a random book, and trying to complete it as fast as possible. | time in seconds | stopwatch | I may be more interested in on book more than the others. | I will make sure the pages are the same length, and font size. | 5 | ||||||||||||||
85 | 9/23/2015 | will | type of leaf | how much it burns | burn 5 types of leafs for 1 1/2 minutes and musher the hole it burns | the hole it burns in centimeters | ruler | sunnlight change | i will use the same magnifine glass | 4 | ||||||||||||||
86 | 9/22/2015 | Grace | Water dosage | Plant growth | Collect an even number of plants, preferably higher, plant them in the same pot with the same soil, and the same amount of lighting, divide them in half by marking the pots with a sharpie. Next I will water half with two cups of water every other day, and one with half a cup of water every other day, and record data. If I can, repeat. | Height (in inches or feet) | Ruler | Bad plants, soil, and lighting difference. The amount of water as well- What if I don't fill up the 1/2 cup all the way to the top consistently? Tap water vs. filtered water vs. rain water vs. bottled water. | Put the plants in the same room, same place, buy plants from the same packet, and buy the same soil. | 4 | This will work but it will take longer than a week. Will the pots have drainage (holes in the bottom of the pot)? | |||||||||||||
87 | 9/22/2015 | Sid | mucle | push-ups | Get two people who are very strong, two people who are in the middle, and two people who are pretty weak and see how many good push-ups they can do and if the two strong people go the longest, then more muscle means more push-ups. | Amount of push-ups until they all stop | pair of eyes | If someone is really tired. If someone has a tone of muscle everywhere except for upper body strength. | Same place, same time, same weather. | 5 | What will this test? How are you are picking strong, middle, and weak people -- what criteria are you using? | |||||||||||||
88 | 9/22/2015 | x | Yume | amount of time spent on comp. | blood pressure | have 10 people of the same normal blood pressure and exercises regularly. Have 5 of them sit and and go on a comp. for 3 hours a day. They exercise for 45 minutes a day. The other 5 will go on a computer for 0 hours and also exercise for 45 min a day. it will continue for 2 weeks. | blood pressure | sphygmomanometer | there could be something else that affects the blood pressure. (like junk food or some kind of stress relief) | same starting blood pressure, same amount of exercise, same amount of time spent on comp. each day. | Ok, this will work, I think, but it will take a lot of time and it will be hard to control all the variables. | |||||||||||||
89 | 9/22/2015 | Marissa | Height | Reach | Grab around 25 people from each grade between 5-8th, measure their height, then reach. See what the difference is between their height & reach (1/4 of the height, 1/2?) | Reach & Height | Meter Stick | The age range (?) or gender | I'd only change the age of the people. Can't change height or reach.. | 4 | What will this test? It sound like you are getting tall people and seeing if they are tall. | |||||||||||||
90 | 9/22/2015 | Kristin | Mentos, AlkaSelzer, and coke combination amounts | fountain height | put mentos and alka-seltzer into 2 cups of coke and see witch chemical reaction | How long it takes for chemical reaction to settle down | stopwatch | chemical reactions don't occur | same bottle of coke is poured into both cups | 6 | I changed your first two things so that you could have variables. You can make a few combinations (varying the amounts of each ingredient) and see how it effects fountain height. | |||||||||||||
91 | 9/22/2015 | Molly | Material of floor/ground | how high I can jump | Jump my highest on different floor surfaces(concrete, carpet, tile, grass) 3 times and see how high I can jump. Compare data and see which surface I can jump the highest on and the lowest. | height in cm | ruler | inconsistent jumping, getting tired after jumping more times, incorrect measurment | use same ruler each time, try to jump as high as I can, | 7 | This seems very do-able. Increase your "n" (number of test subjects). | |||||||||||||
92 | 9/22/2015 | Miranda | Different types of music | on my focus | Different type's of music (3 for each category/level): Musicals: Matilda; Revolting Children, Naughty, When Grow Up, Loud. Pop: Bad Blood, Uptown Funk, Shake It Off. Classical: Overture to William Tell Gioachino Rossini, Minuet in G Major Christian Petzold, Ode to Joy Ludwig van Beethoven, While reading 3 pages of a random book, and trying to complete it as fast as possible. | time in seconds | stopwatch | I may be more interested in on book more than the others. | I will make sure the pages are the same length, and font size. | 5 | "Focus" will be really hard to measure. I don't think that reading speed is an accurate indicator of focus. | |||||||||||||
93 | 9/22/2015 | Justin | music genra | CS acuracy | grt 4-6 peoaple including myself to play 15 min of the same aim_ map with the same songs playing and the same from each genra take acuracy scores and KDR then take a 30 minute break and repeet | HS%/KDR | CSGO | the testerd not playing there best. | it will load the same things for every person | 6 | Ok, go for it. I think that you have a good eye for controlling variables and creating a valid experiment, so I'll trust you to refine this as needed. | |||||||||||||
94 | 9/22/2015 | Manpreet | soda type | Soda freezing time | keep one bottle of soda in the freezer and see how long it takes to completely freeze | speed of freezing | timer | starting timer late/early. | same soda, same freezer, same timer | 7 | repeat with various types of sodas. How will you define the exact point at which something becomes frozen? | |||||||||||||
95 | 9/22/2015 | Reina | type of burning chemical | brightness of flame | light toothpaste, oil, gasoline, an apple, etc and see what burns the brightest. | brightness | my eyes | some might not light | same brand of matches or lighter | 5 | you need to come up with a way to objectively measure brightness of flame. Also, gasoline is too flamable. | |||||||||||||
96 | 9/22/2015 | Braedon | Study time | Test score | Have 1 person not study and then take a test. The next day have them study for 15 minutes and then take a test of the same difficulty. Repeat in 15 minute increments. | How many points on the test they scored | With my eyes | tests could be different. they could have more knowledge of one test than another. | same person each time. | 3 | This will be good IF you can hold all of the variables as constant as possible. | |||||||||||||
97 | 9/21/2015 | x | Mia | temperature | the distance a golf ball goes when it gets hit | get 9 golf ball of the same type - 3 frozen - 3 room temperature - 3 heated | feet/yards | by using a - tape measure | inconsistent strike, rolling and air friction. | buying the same golf balls, hitting the golf balls the same way. Usin an apparatus to hit the balls the same way. | 7 | This is fantastic. You have a good grasp of the variables involved and how to control them. I'm excited to see how this works out. | ||||||||||||
98 | 9/21/2015 | Yume | blood pressure | amount of time spent on computer | have 10 people who have the same blood pressure(normal). Have 5 of them sit and go on a computer for 3 hours a day for 2 weeks. They can't sit for more than 30 min for the rest of the day and they also can't exercise for more than 10 min(amount of exercise/rest might change blood pressure). Have other five do the same except they only sit on the computer for 1 hour. | blood pressure | the machine that takes your blood pressure | There could be something else affecting the blood pressure. | same starting blood pressure, same amount of time on comp. each day(either 3 or 1, depending on group). | I think that your indepentent and dependent variables are backwards. The blood pressure device is called a sphygmomanometer, I think. | ||||||||||||||
99 | 9/21/2015 | Dominick | Hydration | Physical excellence(mile time) | Have three people(all with similar physical ability and mile time) Drink a certain amount of water, and then all three preform the mile. Subject one will drink 20 oz(a minimal amount of water for a teen), subject 2 will drink 50 oz(a reasonable amount of water for a teen), and subject three will drink 80 oz(a good rejuvenating amount of water). I will then measure their mile times the next day and see how hydration effects physical productivity. | Mile time | Stopwatch and a track | Someone might be a slightly a better athlete | About the same athletic ability for all subjects. Same track. Same day/time | 7 | Yes, you are right that it will be hard to find people of similar (enough) physical ability. Differences in mile times might be due to many factors of the 24 hours prior to running the mile. If you do this, you should try it with as many triads as you can. | |||||||||||||
100 | 9/21/2015 | x | Dominick | Sleep time | Irritability | Give three people(about the same tempered) a certain sleep span time, have them sleep it, then have them preform an impossible timed test, and finally measure how angry they become. Subject 1 and 2 will receive 4 hours of sleep, subject 3 and 4(control variable) will receive 8 hours of sleep, and subjects 5 and 6 will receive 12 hours of sleep | how irritated each person had become based on their sleep | heart rate monitor | some people might not be as irritable as others | About same tempered people. | 5 | Great topic, but irritability will be a hard thing to measure. Heart rate isn't a strong enough indicator. | ||||||||||||
101 | 9/21/2015 | Aidan | Speed | Pouring Juice | To do this experiment, I will take the apple juice in my fridge, and pour it into the same cup 20 times. Ten of those times I will lean the bottle very slowly and see how the juice comes out. The other ten times I will lean the bottle very fast and see how the juice comes out. | measure how many drops run down the bottle each time. | nothing, just counting | two drops might merge together and make one. I may not pour the juice at the same speed each time. | There is not much to hold constant besides using the same bottle and the same cup. And try as best as I can to pour the juice at the same speed each time. | 5 | Good. Easy to do and the results could be useful. You should do the experiment with more than just you -- get a few people to do the 20x thing as well. |