Saturday, August 21, 2010

What is the Variables and controls of this science fair project?

Purpose: What is the effect of sleeping less on your memory


Hypothesis: If a person sleeps less then the tiredness will reduce the potential to learn and perform because one will feel very nervous.








Method:


1.Bring a person who has not slept for 12 hours to a quiet area.


2.Bring a person who has slept for 12 hours to a quiet area.


3. Show both of the person the memorizing test


4.Give at least 30 minutes to each person to memorizes (In quiet area)


5.Take the test away


6.Hand a piece of line paper and pencil with eraser to the person


7.Tell the person to write which words were on the memorizing test on that line piece of paper


8.Collect the paper after 15 minutes


9.Compare the results


10.Plot the results on a graph





Result: the person who slept less got lower scores then the person who slept......What is the Variables and controls of this science fair project?
The independent variable is the amount of sleep the people received, and the dependent variable is memory function. The control group is the person who slept for 12 hours.

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