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Newton Prep's Really Big Science Project




Newton Prep's Really Big Science Project
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Real science in action...

As part of our inaugural Science Week celebrations, we are inviting everyone in the school community and the wider world outside Newton Prep, to get involved with our very own giant science project. I hope as many of you as possible will get involved and give us some great results.

Aim: What affects how quickly your brain can think?

 

Here is an experiment that we can all try at home, from Nursery children up to grandparents and beyond. It depends upon using a simple online tool to calculate how quickly your brain can process an image from your eyes and send a signal to your finger.

We will be able to see if there are any answers to the questions:

  • At what age does your brain work fastest?
  • Are girls sharper than boys?
  • Does your brain really slow down in the morning?
  • Is there really such thing as being ‘a morning person’?
  • (And are they really more awake than the rest of us?)

 

I have created a simple online form which you can use to record your attempts and other information that might help us find out what has the greatest effect on your brain speed. There will be an award for the school houses that have the most number of submitted results.

Method:

1. Visit the reaction time website: http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

2. If it is your first time taking this test, please practise before submitting any results. I recommend trying 10 times before reloading the page and calculating a new 5-try average.

3. Find your average reaction time by taking the test 5 times. The website calculates this for you.

4. Visit the submission form: http://goo.gl/forms/moVGKM6DPI and fill it in.

5. Repeat the test at different times of the day or on different days. There is no limit to the

number of times you can submit new data.

6. Share with your family and friends to let them take part in our science project (don’t forget to tell them which house to choose).

The more data we collect, the more we will be able to learn, so please share with any many people as you can.

We are hoping that this news story will go global! Then we can’t wait to see what the results will show us...

Stuart Wilson, Head of Science







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