Science Fair Projects on How Music Affects Mice
The mark of a good science fair project is its uniquenessOne way to develop a unique science fair project is to pair two things together that do not logically fit togetherIn this science fair project the two things are music and mice.
Hypothesis Development
In order to develop a science fair project a hypothesis needs to be developed that isolates a single cause and effect relationshipIn this sample project the cause will be music and the effect will be the mice's behavioral reactionsThis means that the dependent variable, or the variable that will be measured will be the behaviors of the mice and the independent variable, or the variable that will be manipulated with be the type of music used.
For the purposes of this science fair project the hypothesis will be that music with fast rhythms will make the mice more activeA second hypothesis can also be tested which predicts that slow rhythms will make the mice less active.
The Experiments
The first time that students work on a science fair project they often only develop one experimentThis is a problem because it fails to create a baseline of dataFor this sample project on mice and music three experiments need to be set up.