COOL 5 GROUP

WHO HAS BETTER REFLEXES MALE OR FEMALE?

PURPOSE The purpose of this project is to determine if boys or girls have better reflexes. This is important if coaches are picking players for a team, they would know who to pick girls or boys.

HYPOTHESIS WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT MALES HAVE BETTER REFLEXES THEN FEMALES. WE BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE MORE MALES PLAY SPORTS AND HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.

Procedure

Chair, meter stick and test subject Materials Chair, meter stick and test subject

Variables Manipulating – male and female Responding - response of catch Constant – meter stick, chair, person to hold meter stick, and method of measuring response

Directions 1. Get meter stick. 2. One person from the group to stand on a chair with a meter stick. 3. Put hand in front of meter stick. 4. The person holding the meter stick drops at a random time. 5. Test subject grabs meter stick as soon as possible. 6. Record the response of the catch in cm. 7. Repeat steps 1-7 with each test subject. 8. Find the average male response catch. 9. Find the average female response catch. 10. Repeat steps 1-9 for four more trials.

He is dropping the meter stick and test subject is catching it.

Conclusion Our hypothesis was correct. Males have better reflexes than female. The males had an average response of 12.96 cm and females 30.90 cm. The thing we could change is using adults instead of kids to see if we would get the same results.