Student+B+Hairspray+7

Does someone wearing hairspray attract more insects than someone who is not?


 * INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WITH YOUR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: **


 * [remember it must be a controlled experiment] **

Someone wearing hairspray will attract more insects than someone who doesn't.
 * 1. A hypothesis **
 * 2. Explain how to set up the experiment **
 * ** brainstorm a list of all the variables that must be kept constant during the experiment  **
 * kind of hairspray
 * environment
 * length of hair
 * height of person
 * color of hair
 * color of clothes
 * fabric of clothes
 * article of clothing
 * amount of people in each group
 * hygiene
 * what they ate
 * perfume/makeup
 * how long the hairspray has been in hair
 * how old hairspray is
 * ** include identification of the independent variable **
 *  the independent variable is the amount of hairspray in hair
 * ** the dependent variable **
 * the number of bugs each person attracts
 * ** identify the control group **
 * the group of people with no hairspray
 * ** identify the experimental group(s) **
 * the groups with a little hairspray, regular amount of hairspray, and a lot of hairspray


 * 3. Provide enough details for someone else to set up your experiment **
 * 1) get a group of 100 people and a lot of hairspray of the same kind
 * 2) split the people up into 4 groups of 25 people each
 * 3) put no hairspray in one group's hair, a little in the next, a medium amount in the 3rd, and a lot in the last
 * 4) send all the people out into the same environment
 * 5) moniter the amount of bugs each group attracts