The First Experiments

Science

Mr. Nye

Reaction Time Experiment• Goal: Discover if playing video games and/or

sports increases a person’s reaction time. Share data between other groups.

• Hypothesis: Make a prediction as it relates to the goal.

• Results: Create a table to organize the reaction time for sports players, video game players, both video game and sports players, & for non-players of both video games & sports.– Reaction time will be measured in centimeters. – Average your results for each person.

• Conclusion: Make a conclusion as it relates to the goal and back it up with evidence (data).

Fortune Fish Experiment• Goal: Determine what makes the fortune fish

behave the way it does in your hand.

• Hypothesis: What do you think makes the fish react in your hand?

• Procedure/Results: Determine what tests you wish to perform on the fish (heat, no heat, lower temperatures, moisture- dry heat, wet heat, microwave). For your results, create a table with the tests you performed and how the fish reacted.

• Conclusion: What actually made the fish react the way it did in your hand? Support your conclusion with evidence from the experiment.

Film Canister Submarine Experiment

• Goal: Create a mini-submarine using a film canister, pennies, water, and alka-seltzer tablets (small pieces ONLY).

• Hypothesis: Specifically, what will make the mini-submarine sink and then rise in the water?

• Results: What did the mini-sub do (when it worked)? What combination and amounts of materials worked the best?

• Conclusion: Why did the submarine sink and then rise? Hints- Where does the water go that was inside the film canister when it starts to rise, and how does this relate to density?