Science Fair Proposal

My investigative question is does microwaved water stunt plant growth? I was interested in learning more about this topic because I wanted to know if microwaves can put chemicals in your food causing you to not get all of the nutrients from the food. The purpose of my experiment is to see if water set to a boil on the stove, water set to a boil in the microwave, or water from both the microwave and stove will make plants grow more, also to see if the microwave puts bad chemicals into your food. My independent variable is the type of water used. My dependant variable is the height of the plant. My hypothesis is, if plants are grown with microwaved water then they will not grow as much as plants grown with water heated from the stove.

Margaret Milcoff, a student of Mill Creek Middle School, participated in an activity called the science fair. Her topic was “Does temperature affect the growth of basil plants?” Margaret has a rich desire to absorb all of the facts of the future, so she did this particular science fair experiment to find out if simple plants, such as basil, would be able to survive the deadly affects of global warming. Margaret used the scientific method through her trials of the science fair. So without further a due here is Margaret’s very successful and meticulous science fair journey.

Looking Past Appearances People are susceptible to making faulty assumptions about others. Intentionally and unintentionally, judgments upon an unfamiliar face is made swiftly. In less than a second, a snap judgement that is “surprisingly hard to budge” is formed in the mind (Highfield, Wiseman, Jenkins). In a phenomenon known as the halo effect, “the perception of positive qualities in one thing or part gives rise to the perception of similar qualities in related things or in the whole.” (Dobrin)

I intend to see which sport drink brand holds the most electrolytes in its products. For this science fair project the independent variable is the types of sports drinks tested- gatorade ,powerade ,All sport, Herbalife. The dependent variable is the amount of

Article 1: (Hopper, Huber, Finklea, and Winkielman; 2014) The article Measuring Sexual Dimorphism With a Race-Gender Face Space was about measuring the different degrees of sexual dimorphism within the faces of people who are both male and female and are of the Asian and Caucasian races. The study had contained a combined total of 162 participants. 33% were males, 67% were females where 33% of the study participants were Caucasian and the rest of the 67% of the study participants were Asian. All participants were undergraduate students from the University of California, San Diego. No ages of the participants were recorded during this study. During the first study, the participants took a series of photos where they had to rate the similar face pairs on a 7-point scale with 1 being “Very different” to 7 being “Very Similar” with a program called E-Prime. E-Prime is a psychological computer software program that creates computerized experimental designs, collects data, and does various forms of data analysis in a very simplified technique while providing defined timing to ensure the accuracy of the data that was being recorded. Within the second and last experiment, 24 “morphed” faces were created from the 40 photos from the first experiment. The 40 photos were morphed by using a computer software program called FantaMorph. FantaMorph placed the photos on a 2-D race-gender plane, which eliminated any potential correlation between race and gender. The results from all three

In today’s society social media, movies, magazines, and television have negatively impacted young adults self image by showing pictures that are digitally enhanced. Therefore, the pictures are not a true representation of the individual.

Can water float on water? This research paper is going to talk about water in density. Terms that will be discussed in this paper will include salinity, density, hydrometer, and thermohaline circulation.

I chose to do my Scientific Method experiment on a topic of something bothersome in my household, ants. Lately, I’ve had an ant problem in my kitchen, despite how impeccably clean its kept. I have kids, a small Chihuahua, and didn’t want to use anything with chemicals, therefore, I wanted to find a safer and natural method to repelling the ants.

They were then tested on the same faces again and were asked to consider both sets of answers and provide a final answer. At the end of test two, the participants moved onto the second learning phase and repeated the experiment with the other group of faces. At the end of the experiment, the participants were asked two questions: “Do you agree that people are generally better at recognizing faces from their own ethnic groups than faces from different ethnic groups?” and “Do you think that you are better at recognizing faces from your own ethnic group than faces from other ethnic

The ability of the human visual system to integrate facial features into a gestalt whole is one of the processes that seems to contribute the most to human face perception (referred to as holistic face processing; Taubert et al.; 2006). A large number of behavioral studies provide evidence that demonstrate that faces are processed holistically. Two examples that provide evidences for holistic processing are the composite effect and the part-whole effect. In composite effect tasks, participants are required to decide whether two identical top halves are the same (Goffaux & Rossion, 2006; Le Grand, Mondloch, Maurer, & Brent, 2004; McKone, 2008). Evidences suggest this task is more difficult when the two top halves are paired with different bottom halves, indicating that perception of the identity of features in one half of a face is changed by a whole-face

“Body image: what we're supposed to look like - is made so unattainable that all girls are put in this position of feeling inferior. That's a horrible thing.” -Amy Heckerling. This is exactly was photoshopping models in magazines is doing. It is creating an unrealistic standard that girls’ are holding themselves to. Most magazine and advertisement companies are not just removing a blemish or a stray hair, but shedding 20 pounds and changing features. Magazines are taking advantage of their models; they are no longer just retouching models, and they are creating false standards. Magazines and advertisements should not be allowed to publish photoshopped models.

For the first time in high school, I can officially say that science fair ran smoothly. Coincidently, it’s the first time I worked with a partner on the experiment. While I generally work better alone, when it comes to tactile projects, I struggle. I have always had trouble when it comes to hands-on activities and I usually require a lot of practice before I am able to do it successfully. Science fair is no different. With the help of a partner this year, I felt I could do what I am best at, while my partner did what he is best at, thus producing a much better project than if we worked alone. We built off of each other’s strengths to make it happen. For example, he leaned on me for what to add in the workbook and the lab report, while I leaned

Over the years a debate over who is to blame over the decline in how girls perceive themselves has arisen. With Photoshop being the societal norm concerning the media, it has become difficult for many to understand where the line between real and near impossible standards lies. Youths see an image edited to “perfection” and strive to reach the standards that they imagine due to the images displayed on magazines, television and social media. From Disney to magazines like Vogue the mass media bombards audiences with fake beauty that they, as normal people, will never be able to achieve. The mass media is responsible for causing the rise in the number of people with a poor body image, eating disorders, and cosmetic surgeries.

With the media being a very popular way of communication and self expression in today’s culture, it influences the way of younger generations to be more involved in today’s technology, and to allow them to influence the world by the press of a button. But one of the topics that is very controversial is that in today’s society is the high expectations of what they think a girl has to look like, from girls not having stretch marks or scars, to magazines and photographers using photoshop to convince readers that the model looks like that. With all of these being factors that there is pressure is high for many girls around the world, this has to resolved.

For some teens, striving for perfection has led to harming their own health and wellbeing such as living with depression and suicide. Teenagers today are relying on what they see in ads, T.V., magazines and on the internet for their input on appearances, the way they think not only comes from media sources, but from family and friends.