1. Science Project: The Moon Bryce Moore Science Mrs. Wells

2. How does the Moon effect the Earth?

3. Introduction In this powerpoint I will state the misconceptions, the truth, and latest research about the Moon.

4. What are the typical, but false, ways that we think the Moon affects the Earth? HomicideSuicide VampirismAssaults WerewolvesKidnapping Traffic AccidentsMajor Disasters FertilityAlcoholism

5. What does the moon actually influence in our lives? Tides Epilepsy Binge drinking Sleep walking

6. What is the latest information about how the Moon influences the Earth? According to Allen Hall of the Sunday Times German researchers Hans Joachim Mittmeyer of Tubingen and Norbert Filipp from the Health Institute of Reutlingen claim that a study of police reports for 50 new and full moon cycles shows that the moon is responsible for binge drinking.

7. New Research, cont. “According to Hall, Mittmeyer and Filipp claim in their paper “Alcohol consumption and the moon’s influence” to have studied police arrest reports and blood-alcohol tests of 16,495 people and Mittmeyer said “The results show there is a definite correlation between new and full moons and the amount of alcohol consumed.”

8. New Research, cont. Hall Writes: “More of those with an excess of 2ml of alcohol per 100ml of blood inside them-drunk according to German law-were caught by police during the five day full moon cycle.” “On average 175 drink drivers per day were caught in two German states two days before a full moon, 161 were caught during the full moon cycle and the figure dropped to about 120 per day at other times.”

9. Conclusion In my powerpoint I explained the misconceptions about how the moon affects the Earth, the truth about how the moon affects the Earth; and some of the newest information in this area.