I have a science project going on.
Here is my plan for it
Methods and Materials
John Lillis
Science, Per. 3
12/12/13
This science project requires an ink pad and a pack of 3x5 blank cards. There should be two sample groups; one group is made of nine people that are all related to each other, while the second group is made of nine people that aren’t related to each other. A blindfold and magnifying glass is also necessary.
The steps to complete this project are as follows:
•Put the ink pad and a blank 3x5 card on a table.
•Have one of the participants put on the blindfold, and then help them walk up to the table.
•Dip their thumb in the ink pad, and then have them roll their thumb laterally on the blank side of the 3x5 card.
•On the lined side of the 3x5 card, write what group the (just tested) person is in.
•Repeat this process for each person in each group.
•Once eighteen finger-print samples have been created and dried, place all of the fingerprints from group one in one stack, and the fingerprints from group two in another.
•Select two samples from group two.
•Put these two samples into their own pile.
•Then, select two samples from group one and put them into their own pile.
•Repeat this process until you are out of finger-print samples.
•Put all of the piles in front of one of the people from one of the groups.
•Ask the person to identify if the two samples in each pile are from two related people, or two strangers. If they want, they can use the magnifying glass.
•Record that individual’s decision, and then repeat the process on the remaining people you haven’t tested.
•Examine the results you recorded, and determine how many people chose correctly whether or not the two samples are related.
•If most of the people got the questions correct, this means that finger prints are genetically inherited.
I have to answer these questions:
a. What is the question trying to answered? Remember, you started with an overarching question, but then had to bring it down to something that could actually be tested given your experience, time and financial constraints… include both questions in introducing the topic being studied, it helps the reader understand why this experiment is even worth reading, let alone repeating.
b. Who cares about the answer to this question? Does it matter to society, social media, marketing industries? How does this topic add to the field of Science?
c. What is the independent variable? What variants will you be testing?
d. What is the dependent variable?
e. Which variables are being kept constant?
f. What is the control (if there is ONE)?
g. The hypothesis should be included in this section. All experiments should have a hypothesis that shows the prediction of what will happen BEFORE the experiment is done. It must be written - If_(what is done to the I.V.)_, then _(what is predicted to happen with the D.V.).
here is what I have:
Introduction
In this experiment, it tests whether or not finger print patterns are genetically inherited. We can make this a testable question by asking whether or not humans can identify if a pair of finger prints is from a related group or an unrelated group. I think the security industry would value this information because they could use it to see if finger-print scanning is a reliable use of identification or not. The independent variable is
What is my independent/dependent variable?
