Science



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 * Science Fair Marking Term 2 2011**

☑☑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)
 * Scientific Process and Background:**

☑Design of the experiment ☑Use of apparatus and materials
 * Technical Skill:**

☑Imaginative/creative ideas ☑New/Unusual application in science
 * Originality:**

☑☑Colour/form/clarity/graphics ☑☑Innovative appeal
 * Presentation of Display:**

☑Authentic ongoing record with raw data included ☑Has supporting documentation, bibliography, acknowledgements
 * Log Book:**

Elise I was pleased to hear that you learnt some valuable lessons with Science Fair in Year 7 and that you wanted to improve this year. Your Science Fair was well structured and easy to follow. It was good that you grouped your data and developed averages. You also backed up your findings with evidence from a number of sources. Well done Elise, you should be proud of your project.
 * Teacher Comment:**


 * Student Comment:**

**Science Fair:** Spacial Abilities

**Introduction:** I came across this topic doing last years experiment. I enjoyed the topic I did and said I would have liked to investigate more about it. So this year I am testing spacial awareness in a different way. Many people think that they are talented with spacial awareness especially men who often pride themselves with the skill. I am willing to challenge this theory and find out which gender has the better spacial abilities.

**Aim:** To see which gender has better spacial abilities.

**Hypothesis:** I believe that the girls will have better spacial awareness because they are better at multitasking and reading maps, however, boys are designed to hunt. A skill of hunting is spacial awareness which could prove myself wrong, but we shall see.

**Equipment:**
 * Cones
 * Meter counter
 * 15 boys and 15 girls
 * Pen
 * Paper
 * Camera
 * Log book

<span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Method:**
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Measure out different metres on the field using the cones and a metre counter.
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Get everyone from the class (At different times).
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Ask them to line up on a line having the distance they have to guess in front of them.
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Inquire how far the distance is in front of them and give them about 2-3 minutes to think about how far the distance is.
 * 5) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">After 2-3 minutes, go down the line of people and ask them what they think the distance is in front of them.
 * 6) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Record their answer on a pad of refill with their name beside their answer and record progress in log book.
 * 7) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Move them to a new line with a different distance in front of them and repeat stage 4 to stage 6.
 * 8) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Once done put the peoples answers into a computer and add up the answers to find the averages scores of the boys and girls.
 * 9) <span style="font-size: 120%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">When you have found out the averages, you will be able to identify which gender has the better spacial awareness.

**//Thank you Elise, Good start to your Science Fair project! I am interesting in seeing your results, begin your experiment as soon as possible.//**

Through my results of my experiment, I have found out that it is the boys who have the better spacial abilities in my class than the girls but not by much, only by about 4 hundredths of a meter, which is very close. The boys test guess 1 average was closest to the actual answer on the first test than the girls test guess 1 average. The girls test guess 2 average was closer to the actual answer than the boys test guess 2 average on the second test. On the third test it was the boys test guess 3 average was closest to the actual score in the last test than the girls last test guess and that determined which gender had the better spacial abilities.
 * Results (Writing/Graphs)**:

In my results, you can see that the results of the test subjects answers changed quite significantly throughout the three test I did for both boys and girls. I let the test subjects who were tested walk up and down the line of cones with the spaces so that they could have an accurate guess of what they thought the space difference between the cones was.
 * Discussion:**

This science fair has proven to be a success. I have learnt great things from this unlike last year which wasn’t the best thing I have ever done. If I was to do my experiment again, I think I would get different results because I would have changed the spaces which would make a different answer. Yes, there would be differences if I tested other people from other classes, or only tested 15 boys and 15 girls, that would change the answer and make a disparate answer. When I tested my hypothesis, it was proven wrong, boys had the better spacial abilities than girls. When I tested the subjects, the girls were the ones who didn’t mind to do the test unlike the boys who resisted doing the test until I forced them, which tells me that 1 the boys don’t like doing tests and 2 boys guess off the top of their heads. From this fair test I have conducted, I have learnt which gender has the better spacial abilities in my class and how I can improve my test to be even better, the next time I do this test.
 * Conclusion:**

My test can apply to hunting because hunters in the olden days used their spacial ability skills to hunt and find their prey because they didn’t have compasses or GPS’S to help them. Spacial abilities is also good for use if you are estimating how far a distance is.
 * Applying The Science:**

I would like to thank my dad who gave me the idea of doing my last years topic again, only changing the way of how I tested it. I would like to thank my sister who has helped me throughout my science fair. I owe Mrs Stock a BIG thank-you for telling me what I can improve and how I can improve the test.
 * Acknowledgements:**

__Links That Helped Me__
 * Bibliography:**

http://sciencefairproject.virtualave.net/ http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp/ http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ http://ourspace.tauranga-int.school.nz/file.php/64/SciFairBooklet2011.pdf http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com http://www.williamsclass.com/ScienceFair/ScienceFair.htm

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Elise Connor** <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Room 41**