Amanda Cordero Hunter Galindo 3/6/13 Period 2 Experimental Design 1.

Problem/Question: If you are driving while listening to any type of music, will it increase or decrease your reaction time? 4. Hypothesis/Solution: A solution to this problem would be turning down the music while driving or not listening to it at all. If you turn off the music in the car, then your reaction time decreases and you will be able to stop sooner. But, if you have your music on in the car, then your reaction time increases and you stop much later than you would if you didnt have your music on. 5. Design: Safety Concerns: 1. Wear seatbelts at all times. 2. Drive in a secluded area, such as a parking lot. 3. Drive alone with no other passengers. 4. Have at least some driving experience. 5. Make sure to check all the safety features of the car. 6. Beware of the people recording the data. Materials: - Two working cars with all safety features intact - Working radios - Seatbelt - Stopwatch - Orange Cones - Two stop signs - Two drivers, one for each car - Two people to record data Control: A car that is not playing music while the person is driving. Variables: Variables in this experiment includes the type of music playing, the make and model of the car, and the driving experience of the people driving. Environmental Condition: The ideal environmental conditions for this experiment is a clear, sunny day with no signs of rain or precipitation. An empty, secluded, and big parking lot or space is also the ideal place to perform this experiment.

Amanda Cordero Hunter Galindo 3/6/13 Period 2 Data Collection: 1. Each car will travel about 100 feet which will be marked on the ground by two rows of cones. 2. There will be two people at each of the two 100 feet ending cones timing both cars. 3. The two people standing by the two 100 feet ending cones will be holding stop signs and will hold it up for the cars to stop no matter where the car is. 4. When the car stops, they will record the time, in seconds, it took for them to stop and how far they traveled from the starting point.

Trials:

Car 1 Stopping Car 2 Stopping Time Time (Seconds (Seconds ): ):

Car 1 Stopping Distance (Feet):

Car 2: Stopping Distance (Feet):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Summarize Data: - Design a line graph for the stopping time in seconds and distance for the experiment. - Average the stopping time for Car 1 and then for Car 2, repeat for stopping distances.