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Daily Digest Archive for September 27, 2004
Q: (Initially posted September 23, 2004) FROM
STUDENT MEMBER HOLLY Y. IN CA
Hello Mentors, again. I just want your input on my idea that
I have now, on my science project for my school. I know that
there is a cream called AspirCream and it is used to soothe
muscles and joints. Well, I want to test the validity of it.
I also want to test the rate of the cream (the time it takes
to actually reach the muscle or joint) versus the distance.
I have figured out how I am going to be doing this, but I am
not sure if this is an interesting enough project or it is sophisticated
enough for the high school student. I forgot to mention in my
last post that we are not allowed to use human subjects or any
other animal with a vertebrae and toxic substances. Surveys
are also strongly discouraged by my teacher. Please tell me
what you think of my idea! If you have any other science topic
ideas, I would much appreciate them! |
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September 27, 2004
A: FROM MENTOR MARTY CHINTALA
IN RI
Hi Holly. I find your science project quite intriguing! I
have judged
many science fairs and always look for originality in projects.
I think
this is an interesting idea, and would love to know how you
plan to do
it since you can't use human subjects or vertebrates as test
animals.
How are you going to do it? I don't know what grade you are
in (only
that it is high school, but there can be a big difference
between what
one expects for freshman and what one expects for seniors),
but I can
say that from your brief description of what you are proposing
to do,
you are talking on a more advanced level of physiology than
freshman
biology (since you are measuring rates for distances through
body
tissue). Have you thought of how you are going to compare
your results
(i.e. are you thinking of any statistics) because that will
help
determine how you set up your project and will help to move
it to the
next level. Depending on how you set up your experiments,
you could
also add another element into the project such as how certain
substances
(such as water or caffeine) or conditions (such as temperature)
might
affect the rate that the cream works over multiple distances.
How long
do you have to complete the project? If you have enough time,
you could
make it a nice, sophisticated project, even though the concept
may seem
simple to you at first. Good luck and I'll be glad to give
more
suggestions if you'd like them.
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A: FROM MENTOR KRISTIN TAGHON
IN IL
I think this is a great idea. But, I am very curious how you're
going to
check the validity without using humans!! ??
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