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    Experiment tested which sense has the fastest reaction time by dropping meter sticks and alerting our partners in different ways. Sound did in fact have the shortest reaction time. Touch was in the middle but closer to Sight with an average of 32.4.

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    Experiment tested which sense has the fastest reaction time by dropping meter sticks and alerting our partners in different ways. Sound did in fact have the shortest reaction time. Touch was in the middle but closer to Sight with an average of 32.4.

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    LabReportGuidelines

    StoneleighBurnhamSchool
    MiddleSchoolScience!
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    __

    EllieFlynn
    October15,2015
    Lab1
    PhysicalScienceD
    TitleoftheExperiment:
    MeterStickDrop

    TestableQuestion:
    Willyourreactiontimebedifferentbasedonwhichsenseistriggered?

    Hypothesis:
    Ifyoucommunicatewithyourpartnerusingnoise,thenyouwillhaveafaster
    reactiontime.

    Independentvariable:
    Formofcommunication(sense)

    DependentVariable:
    Wheretheruleriscaught(reaction)

    Controls:
    Lengthofmeterstick,heightofmeterstick(whereitisheld)

    ExperimentalGroup(ifany):
    Notapplicable

    ControlGroup(ifany):
    Notapplicable

    Materials:
    1. onemeterstick
    2. twoorthreepeople
    3. calculator

    Procedure:
    1. PersonAholdsthemeterstickat30cm.
    2. PersonBputstwofingersoneithersideofthemeterstickat0.
    3. PersonBkeepstheireyesopenwhilepersonAdropsthestick.
    4. PersonBcatchestherulerbetweentheirfingersasquicklyaspossible.
    5. Repeat5timesandrecordyourresults.
    6. Repeatsteps1and2exceptpersonBclosestheireyes,andpersonAtapsthemwhen
    theydropthestick.
    7. Repeatstep5.
    8. Repeatstep6,butinsteadoftappingpersonB,personAmustsaynowwhentheydrop
    theruler.
    9. Repeatstep5.
    10. Averagethedistancesforeachsense.


    Results:

    Evaluation:

    Inthisexperimentwetestedwhichsensehasthefastestreactionspeedbydroppingmeter
    sticksandalertingourpartnersindifferentways.Inmyresults,Ifoundthatwhenmypartner
    alertedmewithsound,Icaughtthemeterstickonalowerpoint(average:17.2).Icaughtthe
    ruleratthehighestpointswhenusingtouch(average:37.6).Sightwasinthemiddlebutcloser
    totouchwithanaverageof32.4.Therefore,myhypothesiswasprovencorrectbecausesound
    didinfacthavetheshortestreactiontime.Idonotbelievethattherewereanyerrorsinthis
    experiment,andthatitisveryaccurate.

    Reflection:

    InthislabreportIlearnedhowmuchcommunicationcanreallyaffectyou,asIhadnevertruly
    thoughtaboutitbefore.

    ThroughoutthisexperimentIalsolearnedhowtocompleteandconduct

    asuccessfulexperimentandlabreport.IfIweretodothisexperimentagain,Iwouldhavethe
    samepersoncatchanddropthemeterstick,aseachpersonisdifferent,andhasdifferent
    strengthsintheirsenses.

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