FORTUNE FISH: FACTS OR FATE BY: KATE MCMANUS, EMILY KRAUS, JONAH LEVIN, AND ALEC LANDER

WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS? HYPOTHESIS: IS A TESTABLE STATEMENT OR QUESTION YOU ARE TRYING TEST. IT IS IN THE FORM OF AN “IF…..THEN…..BECAUSE… STATEMENT. (COLANGELO NO) OUR HYPOTHESIS: IF THE CONDITION OF HAND IS MORE CLEAN, THAN THE FISH WILL START TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY BECAUSE THE HANDS ARE CLEAN. (MCMANUS NO)

VARIABLES VARIABLES: INDEPENDENT – THE VARIABLE THAT IS BEING CHANGED IN THE EXPERIMENT. (COLANGELO NO) EX. CONDITION OF HAND (MCMANUS NO) DEPENDENT – THE VARIABLE THAT IS BEING AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE OF THE EXPERIMENT. (COLANGELO NO) EX. THE TIME TO MOVE IN SEC. (MCMANUS NO) CONSTANT – THE VARIABLE THAT STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENT. (COLANGELO NO) EX. FORTUNE TELLER FISH, PAPER TOWEL AND AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE (MCMANUS NO) CONTROL – IS A GROUP THAT PROVIDES A BASELINE FOR COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPERIMENT. (STARNES 239) EX. NORMAL CONDITION OF HAND (MCMANUS NO) (Kraus) (Levin) (Kraus)

SCIENTIFIC METHOD THE SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES USED IN CONDUCTING A PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE S: (N) DATA, INFORMATION (A COLLECTION OF FACTS FROM WHICH CONCLUSIONS MAY BE DRAWN)"STATISTICAL DATA" S:INFORMATION S: (N) DATUM, DATA POINT (AN ITEM OF FACTUAL INFORMATION DERIVED FROM MEASUREMENT OR RESEARCH) S:DATUMDATA POINT DATA

MATERIALS DROPPER FORTUNE FISH SOAP WATER LOTION TIMER BEAKERS (Levin)

STEPS 1.OBTAIN ALL MATERIALS (FORTUNE FISH, WATER, SOAP, LOTION) 2.APPLY 3 DROPS OF LIQUID/SUBSTANCE TO HAND FOR 2 SECONDS. 3.LET DRY FOR 2 SECONDS - PAT DRY IF NEEDED WITH A PAPER TOWEL. 4.PLACE FORTUNE FISH IN HAND AND START THE TIMER WHEN PLACED. 5.STOP TIMER WHEN FISH MOVES NOT TO EXCEED 15 SECONDS. 6.RECORD TIME AND OBSERVATION OF MOVEMENT. 7.REPEAT STEPS 2-6 WITH EACH CONDITION OF HAND 8.FORM A CONCLUSION BASED ON DATA.

DATA Condition of handTime to move (sec)Observations Nothing1.84Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head Water1.10Head curled and folded in half, head over tail Soap1.77Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head Soap and water1.29Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head Lotion1.11Head curled and folded in half, head over tail (Levin) (Levin NO)

QUALITATIVE DEFINITION ●PERTAINING TO OR CONCERNED WITH QUALITY OR QUALITIES. ●CONCERNING OUR DATA: OUR DATA DID NOT CONTAIN MUCH QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS OR DATA. WE DID NOT COMPARE ARE REACTIONS ON A SCALE OF REACTIVITY.

QUANTITATIVE DEFINITION ● PERTAINING TO THE DESCRIBING OR MEASURING OF QUANTITY. ●CONCERNING OUR DAAT: OUR DATA WAS BASED ON REACTION TIME AND THE SPEED AT WHICH THE FORTUNE FISH REACTED TO WHAT WAS ON THE INDIVIDUALS HAND. OUR OBSERVATIONS AND DATA ARE QUANTITATIVE AND WE RECORDED REACTION SPEEDS. (Levin)

OBSERVATIONS (EMILY) ConditionTime to move (sec.)Observations of movement Nothing1.84 sec. Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head Water1.10 sec. Head curled and folded in half, head over tail Soap1.77 sec. Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head Soap & Water1.29 sec. Tail curled and folded in half, tail over head lotion1.11 sec.Head curled and folded in half, head over tail EMILY (Levin)

OBSERVATIONS (JONAH) ConditionTime to move (sec.)Observations of movement Nothing1.37 sec. Tail curled over and folded in half, tail over head Water0.90 sec. Tail curled over and folded in half, tail over head Soap3.62 sec. Both the head and tail curled to form a coil Soap & Water2.14 sec. Both the head and tail curled to form a coil lotion5.24 sec.Both the head and tail curled to form a coil JONAH (Kraus)

ANALYSIS & CONCLUSION - ANALYSIS IS A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF SOMETHING USUALLY BASED AROUND A DISCUSSION POINT - CONCLUSION IS THE ENDING ASSUMPTION OR JUDGMENT THAT YOU CAN MAKE BASED ON LOGICAL EVENTS THE FREE DICTIONARY. FARLEX, WEB. 3 OCT

ANALYSIS OF DATA ● FISH REACTED FASTEST WHEN JUST WATER WAS PUT ON HAND FOR 2 SECONDS. ● FOR FEMALE’S HAND, FISH REACTED SLOWEST TO JUST SOAP ● FOR MALE’S HAND, FISH REACTED SLOWEST TO THE LOTION ● SOMETHING SURPRISING WAS THAT IT SEEMED GENDER MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW THE FISH REACTS TO EACH CONDITION OF HAND (Kraus)

CONCLUSION OF DATA ● FISH REACTED FASTEST TO JUST WATER ● THIS DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR HYPOTHESIS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THE FISH WOULD REACT THE FASTEST WHEN THE HAND WAS THE CLEANEST (SOAP & WATER) ● OUR DATA PROVES US WRONG BECAUSE FOR THE MALE THE FISH STARTED TO MOVE IN JUST 9/10 OF A SECOND (.9 SEC.). AND FOR SOAP & WATER ON THE MALE’S HAND IT TOOK THE FISH 2.14 SECONDS TO REACT ONCE PLACED IN HAND (Kraus)

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