1 What do we already know about how exercise affects thinking? Look for peer reviewed, scientifically published articles if possible. 2 Does there seem to be any difference between how exercise affects memorization, creativity, or problem solving? Look at how studies that have already been done measure thinking. 3 Create your thinking test. It will need to produce quantitative data (numbers). Your class might be designing the study and serving as the participants. How can you avoid bias in this situation? 4 For your study, you’ll want to randomly assign your classmates to two groups – those that will exercise before taking a “thinking test” and a control group that won’t exercise before taking a “thinking test”. You can use Excel to randomly assign people to groups. Research how to do this. 5 Create a data table to store your data in Excel. Fill it with fake numbers and create a graph from your data. When you get your real data you can change the numbers and your graph will automatically update.

1 What do we already know about how exercise affects thinking? Look for peer reviewed, scientifically published articles if possible. 2 Does there seem to be any difference between how exercise affects memorization, creativity, or problem solving? Look at how studies that have already been done measure thinking. 3 Create your thinking test. It will need to produce quantitative data (numbers). Your class might be designing the study and serving as the participants. How can you avoid bias in this situation? 4 For your study, you’ll want to randomly assign your classmates to two groups – those that will exercise before taking a “thinking test” and a control group that won’t exercise before taking a “thinking test”. You can use Excel to randomly assign people to groups. Research how to do this. 5 Create a data table to store your data in Excel. Fill it with fake numbers and create a graph from your data. When you get your real data you can change the numbers and your graph will automatically update.

1 What do we already know about how exercise affects thinking? Look for peer reviewed, scientifically published articles if possible. 2 Does there seem to be any difference between how exercise affects memorization, creativity, or problem solving? Look at how studies that have already been done measure thinking. 3 Create your thinking test. It will need to produce quantitative data (numbers). Your class might be designing the study and serving as the participants. How can you avoid bias in this situation? 4 For your study, you’ll want to randomly assign your classmates to two groups – those that will exercise before taking a “thinking test” and a control group that won’t exercise before taking a “thinking test”. You can use Excel to randomly assign people to groups. Research how to do this. 5 Create a data table to store your data in Excel. Fill it with fake numbers and create a graph from your data. When you get your real data you can change the numbers and your graph will automatically update.

1 What do we already know about how exercise affects thinking? Look for peer reviewed, scientifically published articles if possible. 2 Does there seem to be any difference between how exercise affects memorization, creativity, or problem solving? Look at how studies that have already been done measure thinking. 3 Create your thinking test. It will need to produce quantitative data (numbers). Your class might be designing the study and serving as the participants. How can you avoid bias in this situation? 4 For your study, you’ll want to randomly assign your classmates to two groups – those that will exercise before taking a “thinking test” and a control group that won’t exercise before taking a “thinking test”. You can use Excel to randomly assign people to groups. Research how to do this. 5 Create a data table to store your data in Excel. Fill it with fake numbers and create a graph from your data. When you get your real data you can change the numbers and your graph will automatically update.

1 What do we already know about how exercise affects thinking? Look for peer reviewed, scientifically published articles if possible. 2 Does there seem to be any difference between how exercise affects memorization, creativity, or problem solving? Look at how studies that have already been done measure thinking. 3 Create your thinking test. It will need to produce quantitative data (numbers). Your class might be designing the study and serving as the participants. How can you avoid bias in this situation? 4 For your study, you’ll want to randomly assign your classmates to two groups – those that will exercise before taking a “thinking test” and a control group that won’t exercise before taking a “thinking test”. You can use Excel to randomly assign people to groups. Research how to do this. 5 Create a data table to store your data in Excel. Fill it with fake numbers and create a graph from your data. When you get your real data you can change the numbers and your graph will automatically update.