Can Exercise Really make our Brains Work Better? By Brian and Maggie

Background Information Research suggests that sedentary lifestyles negatively impact our brain and body Regular exercise appears critical for keeping our brain cells fit and functioning

If humans exercise then their brains will work better Hypothesis If humans exercise then their brains will work better

Materials Table and chairs Paper or notepads Pencils or pens Watch or timers Obstacle course or large area 8 volunteers 50 small household items Table Towel Board games

Experiment Procedure Design obstacle course or design activities for volunteers to do Get board games, set up tables and chairs, and place household items on table and cover them with a towel Explain procedure to volunteers Have them take initial memory tests, Directions: Remove towel Cover items and let volunteers write down as many items as they can Collect answer sheets Randomly assign each volunteer

Experiment Procedure continued 5. Each group should perform their assigned activity for ten min, be sure to record start and stop times 6. Have the groups quickly gather and repeat the memory test with the second set of household items 7. Collect the answer sheets and total the number of correct items on each sheet to record scores for each person in the first and second memory tests