Science




 * Science Fair Marking Term 2 2011**

☒ Not achieved ☑Achieved ☑☑Advanced


 * Scientific Process and Background:**

☑☑Clear aim/hypothesis carried through

☑☑Method, accurate experimentation

☑Accurate experimentation, controls, variables, repetitions

☑Results clear, accurate, include appropriate data

☑Conclusions are in line with aim/hypothesis

☑☑Results are interpreted and discussed (conclusion)


 * Technical Skill:**

☑☑Design of the experiment

☑Use of apparatus and materials


 * Originality:**

☑☑Imaginative/creative ideas

☑New/Unusual application in science


 * Presentation of Display:**

☑☑Colour/form/clarity/graphics

☑☑Innovative appeal


 * Log Book:**

☒Authentic ongoing record with raw data included

☒Has supporting documentation, bibliography, acknowledgements


 * Teacher Comment:**

What a fantastic Science Fair Experiment. We have both learnt more than one thing from your experiment regarding testing humans. Ramon you should be proud of your effort, awesome presentation and write up. Remember for next time that it is good to do the experiment more than once on the same person and find the average, I am also aware that you did this in half the time as you will be away, Thank you!


 * Student Comment:**

I really enjoyed doing this science experiment and if I did it again I could improve a few things. I was really surprised that I managed to do it so fast and I thought I wasn't going to finish it in time.

**Good start to Science Fair, remember to explain that they need to keep their foot in as long as possible on both occasions. It would be good to not just time but also write down observations e.g. facial expressions. You can video & take photos this will support your findings.**

**Introduction:**

 I am seeing if a person can endure more pain if they are concentrating on something else instead of concentrating on the pain. I am going to do this by getting a bowl of ice cubes and then asking a person to put there foot in the the bowl and I will time it until the person can’t handle it any more and they take their foot out. Then I am going to do the same thing when the person is concentrating on a video game. I chose this topic because I like video games and I only have 3 weeks to do it. Also it just seemed like a cool experiment.

 **Aim:**

 My aim is to see if pain is less for a person if they are concentrating hard on something like a video game.

 **Hypothesis:**

 I think that a person will be able to endure more pain if they are concentrating because I know from my personal experience that I have been concentrating hard on something. Then afterwards I have a graze on my knee and it really stings and I wonder how did that get there.

**Materials:**

A bowl Ice cubes A video game At least 15 people A chair Stop Watch

 **Method:**

 First you have to freeze some ice cubes.  Then you put the ice cubes in a bowl. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Get one person to sit on the chair. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Get the person to rest their heel on the edge of the bowl without touching the ice. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> After you have told the person what to do say go start the stop watch and the person will <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">put the tip of there foot into the bowl with there heel still resting on the edge. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> When the person can not handle the pain any more they will take there foot out and you <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will stop the stop watch. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Then do the same thing except the person will be playing the video game. <span style="color: #2f35dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 120%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Repeat this with all the people you are testing.