Blog #9 Part 2: Revision

1. What is your hypothesis?


If a person in the US has an income of less than $40,000 a year, then they will have a higher than average BMI.


2. Identify the dependent (produced), independent (manipulated) and control variables in your hypothesis.


Dependent: Higher BMI


Independent: Income


Control: Specific races


 3. What is the connection between your science fair project and your senior project EQ?
My experiment addresses an issue that has concerned pediatricians for years -- the obesity epidemic. Each year there is a rise in obesity which leads to chronic illnesses like diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an earlier age. This experiment will help answer my EQ because it not only dives into a major concern in pediatrics, but develops skills through research and analysis which are both very important traits when becoming a doctor. 


4. How will you perform the experiment?  Include the equipment you plan on using.
Ill be gathering data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census, and Department of Public Health. I'm sure that will lead me to other sources of data but that is about it. No equipment will be used to build anything.


5:Which category will your project be listed under?  (For a full list of categories, go to the iPoly Physics webpage, then to the Science Fair tab.


Behavioral Science

Blog #9: Science Proposal

1. What is your hypothesis?
If there was a new way to build neonatal incubators that could cut costs by more than 20% while still achieving maximum efficiency, there would be less deaths in infants in third world countries.

2. Identify the dependent (produced), independent (manipulated) and control variables in your hypothesis.

The dependent variable would be  overall cost.

The independent variable would be the materials used to create the incubator.

The control variable would be the function of incubator which would remain the same through out the experiment.

 3. What is the connection between your science fair project and your senior project EQ?

My experiment addresses an issue that involves infants which is part of pediatrics. It helps answer my EQ because this experiment is about being efficient with your materials and as a physician, whether you are working for a hospital or for your own practice, you will always have budget concerns whether it be if you can afford another MRI machine or a new type of neonatal incubator. 

4. How will you perform the experiment?  Include the equipment you plan on using.

I've decided to change my project at the last second from doing obesity studies to this one. Designing a neonatal incubator takes an extremely long list of materials which I'm not entirely familiar with yet. 

The materials I'm using will involve some sort of heat source:

a type of light which I'll be experimenting with to see which is cheapest and most effective

An emergency alarm to alert nurses if temperature is too high or low

A mattress or something similar for the baby to rest on

Something to bring air outside for warming and cooling

A built in power regulation to protect against voltage spikes

Emergency power source

Storage for blankets, bottles, tubes, etc.

Windows and access for nurses

Digital controls for the temperature and easy repair

5:Which category will your project be listed under?  (For a full list of categories, go to the iPoly Physics webpage, then to the Science Fair tab.

This would be under engineering.