Dance_3_2015 1 Scientific Project Details: Dance 3 Due Date 11/25/15 by 5:00pm Purpose: • The main goal of this project is to apply principles of the scientific method to a self- experiment based on one of the dimensions of wellness that you have identify you would like to modify. Important Dates and Deadlines: 1. Hypothesis Statement 10/1 2. Methods due 10/8 3. Data Collection update 10/20 4. Previews of final project can be arranged thru office hours or appointment. • Due Date is 11/25/15 BASICS: • For this project you will take your wellness goal set at the beginning of class, formulate a hypothesis, design a self-experiment, run the experiment, and then write up the results in a scientific lab report format. Step 1: Develop a hypothesis based on one of the dimensions of wellness you learned in class that you have identified you would like to investigate for yourself. This statement gives a possibility (if) and explains what may happen because of the possibility (then). Examples: • If I set goals before studying, I will spend an average of 10 less minutes per hour on Social Media. • If I eat an overall healthy diet (one which does not include fast food), then I will have more energy daily. • I hypothesize that without restrictive diet (2,000 a day), cardio workout alone (60 minutes daily at 85 % target heart rate, then I will drop of three pounds a week for a total of nine pounds for three weeks. • If I run 5 miles a day for 6 days a week for 4 weeks, I will lose 1 pound a week for a total of 4 pounds. • If I only eat out once a week for 4 weeks, I will save $20.00 a week for a total of $80.00 Step II: Develop and identify the materials and the methods needed to conduct your self- experiment. Explain what are your methods for your experiment. Make sure to include: • Length of study (at least 3 weeks) Dance_3_2015 2 • What do you need to conduct the experiment? • Define your outcome measures (what are you going to measure?) • Details on how, when, where you are going to conduct the experiment? Step III: Data Collection Update 10/20* • Please provide an update on how your data collection is progressing in a word document (.doc). • Please provide data for at least one week of data collection (Can be in a table format) • Please provide details on what has been easy or challenging. • What is your plan to stay on task for the rest of experiment? Step IV: Follow the below instructions for writing up your experiment in a report format. • Please use word and save it as a .doc file. • Make sure to use 11-12 point font. • Please proofread your reports carefully. • Can be written in first person. • Please add your name and ID number to rubric and turn is as separate document on DROPBOX Return Assignments. Basic Format Requirements For the Report The report should consist of the following: 1. Title 2. Abstract 3. Introduction 4. Materials an.

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Scientific Project Details: Dance 3
Due Date 11/25/15 by 5:00pm
Purpose:
• The main goal of this project is to apply principles of the
scientific method to a self-
experiment based on one of the dimensions of wellness that you
have identify you would
like to modify.
Important Dates and Deadlines:
1. Hypothesis Statement 10/1
2. Methods due 10/8
3. Data Collection update 10/20
4. Previews of final project can be arranged thru office hours or
appointment.
• Due Date is 11/25/15
BASICS:
• For this project you will take your wellness goal set at the
beginning of class, formulate a
hypothesis, design a self-experiment, run the experiment, and
then write up the results in a
scientific lab report format.

2. Step 1: Develop a hypothesis based on one of the dimensions of
wellness you learned in class
that you have identified you would like to investigate for
yourself. This statement gives a possibility
(if) and explains what may happen because of the possibility
(then).
Examples:
• If I set goals before studying, I will spend an average of 10
less minutes per hour on
Social Media.
• If I eat an overall healthy diet (one which does not include
fast food), then I will have
more energy daily.
• I hypothesize that without restrictive diet (2,000 a day), cardio
workout alone (60
minutes daily at 85 % target heart rate, then I will drop of three
pounds a week for a
total of nine pounds for three weeks.
• If I run 5 miles a day for 6 days a week for 4 weeks, I will
lose 1 pound a week for a total
of 4 pounds.
• If I only eat out once a week for 4 weeks, I will save $20.00 a
week for a total of $80.00
Step II: Develop and identify the materials and the methods
needed to conduct your self-
experiment. Explain what are your methods for your
experiment.

3. Make sure to include:
• Length of study (at least 3 weeks)
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• What do you need to conduct the experiment?
• Define your outcome measures (what are you going to
measure?)
• Details on how, when, where you are going to conduct the
experiment?
Step III: Data Collection Update 10/20*
• Please provide an update on how your data collection is
progressing in a word
document (.doc).
• Please provide data for at least one week of data collection
(Can be in a table format)
• Please provide details on what has been easy or challenging.
• What is your plan to stay on task for the rest of experiment?
Step IV: Follow the below instructions for writing up your
experiment in a report format.
• Please use word and save it as a .doc file.
• Make sure to use 11-12 point font.
• Please proofread your reports carefully.
• Can be written in first person.
• Please add your name and ID number to rubric and turn is as
separate document

4. on DROPBOX Return Assignments.
Basic Format Requirements For the Report
The report should consist of the following:
1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Materials and methods
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Literature cited (Five peer reviewed articles)
Specific Details for each section:
1. Title page:
• Title centered and Full Name, ID number, date, bottom right
hand Corner
• The title must be descriptive of experiment completed
The title should be less than ten words and should reflect the
factual content of the paper.
Scientific titles are not designed to catch the reader's fancy. A
good title is straightforward and
uses keywords that researchers in a particular field will
recognize.
2. Abstract:
Separate page, one paragraph and approximately 100-150 words
The abstract is the most
difficult part of the write-up for most people (including both
scientists and students!). It must be

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short and concise. It should be the last thing you write after all
of the other sections are
completed. It is a brief summary of everything that was done in
the experiment. It will include a
sentence pertaining to all parts of the experiment. The results
and findings will be found here as
well as introductory material (Found in references).
REMEMBER: Despite being located toward
the front of the report, IT IS THE PART YOU WRITE LAST!
A good abstract is a concise summary of the purpose of the
report, the data presented, and the
author's major conclusions.
3. Introduction:
• Statement of your hypothesis: This should be incorporated into
your introduction
• The introduction will sum up the background of the
experiment. Each experiment
contains a brief introduction. It should be summarized and
related to what you are
investigating. Any outside research you have conducted will
also appear here.
The introduction defines the subject of the report. It must
outline the scientific purpose(s) or
objective(s) for the research performed and give the reader

6. sufficient background to understand
the rest of the report. Care should be taken to limit the
background to whatever is pertinent to the
experiment. A good introduction will answer several questions,
including the following:
Why was this study performed?
Answers to this question may be derived from observations of
nature or from the literature.
What knowledge already exists about this subject?
The answer to this question must review the literature, showing
the historical development of an
idea and including the confirmations, conflicts, and gaps in
existing knowledge.
What is the specific purpose of the study?
The specific hypotheses and experimental design pertinent to
investigating the topic should be
described.
4. Materials and methods:
• How you did what you did?
• Detailed enough for others to repeat the experiment without
any outside help
• What materials were used?
• How were they used?
• Where and when was the work done?
As the name implies, the materials and the methods used in the
experiments should be reported
in this section. The difficulty in writing this section is to

7. provide enough detail for the reader to
understand the experiment.
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5. Results:
• Tables (at least one table), graphs (at least 3 graphs), and
charts (with legends)
• Statistical analysis (mean ± standard deviation)
• In paragraph format please provide statements with details on
your results using your
data.
• This is the section where all your tables and graphs will be
found. Every table, graphs,
pictures, etc., must be accompanied by a legend. The legend
must provide the reader
enough information that it could be understood without the
surrounding write-up.
The results section should summarize the data from the
experiments without discussing their
implications. The data should be organized into tables, figures,
graphs, photographs, and so on.
But data included in a table should not be duplicated in a figure
or graph.
All figures and tables should have descriptive titles and should
include a legend explaining any
symbols, abbreviations, or special methods used. Figures and

8. tables should be numbered
separately and should be referred to in the text by number, for
example:
1. Figure 1 shows that the activity decreased after five minutes.
2. The activity decreased after five minutes (fig. 1).
Figures and tables should be self-explanatory; that is, the reader
should be able to understand
them without referring to the text. All columns and rows in
tables and axes in figures should be
labeled.
This section of your report should concentrate on general trends
and differences and not on trivial
details. Many authors organize and write the results section
before the rest of the report.
6.Discussion:
• Do your results correlate with your hypothesis.
• Where do you go from here?
The discussion is a short summary explaining your findings.
This must include whether your
findings agree or disagree with your hypothesis. There should
also be a brief commentary on
where one could go from here with the experiment. This section
should not just be a
restatement of the results but should emphasize interpretation of
the data, relating them to
existing theory and knowledge (add information from your
refernces). Speculation is
appropriate, if it is so identified. Suggestions for the
improvement of techniques or
experimental design may also be included here. In writing this

9. section, you should explain the
logic that allows you to accept or reject your original
hypotheses. You should also be able to
suggest future experiments that might clarify areas of doubt in
your results. Please be reflective
here on your results and what you need to in the future to make
changes in your life.
7. Literature Cited
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This section lists all articles or books cited in your report. It is
not the same as a bibliography,
which simply lists references regardless of whether they were
cited in the paper. The listing should
be alphabetized by the last names of the authors. Different
journals require different formats for
citing literature. The format that includes the most information
is given in the following examples:
For articles:
Fox, J.W. 1988. Nest-building behavior of the catbird,
Dumetella carolinensis. Journal of Ecology
47: 113-17.
For Books:
Bird, W.Z. 1990. Ecological aspects of fox reproduction. Berlin:
Guttenberg Press.
For chapters in books:
Smith, C.J., D. White and B. Jones. 1989. Basal cell

10. carcinomas. In Histological aspects of cancer,
ed. C.D. Wilfred, pp. 278-91. Boston: Medical Press.
When citing references in the text, do not use footnotes;
instead, use MLA style unless given a
different format. For example:
1. Fox in 1988 investigated the hormones on the nest-building
behavior of catbirds (Fox 115).
2. Hormones are known to influence the nest-building behavior
of catbirds (Fox 114).
When citing papers that have two authors, both names must be
listed. When three or more
authors are involved, the Latin et al. meaning "and others" may
be used. A paper by Smith, Lynch,
Merrill, and Beam published in 1989 would be cited in the text
as:
Smith and co-workers have shown that...(Smith et al.)
This short form is for text use only. In the Literature Cited, all
names would be listed.
Step V: Set up a time for office hours or stay after class with
the professor to review reports
ahead of time for suggestions or questions.
Your son has been having behavioral problems lately. He has
not been completing his homework, he has been late to school,
and he is having disciplinary problems at school and at
home. He closes his door and withdraws from the family. You
have been thinking that this is just the normal teenage angst that
he is going through. One morning, while he is at school, you go
into his room and see pieces of aluminum foil with burn marks

11. on it. You also find several lighters inside his dresser drawer.
You now suspect that he is using drugs.
Assignment Guidelines
· Address the following in 5–6 paragraphs:
· What type of drug do you think he is using? Explain why.
· Where would he be able to obtain this drug? Explain.
· Why do you think he began using this drug? Explain.
· How would you react when he comes home from
school? Why?
· What positive impacts or repercussions might your reactions
have on his future drug use?
· What would you do to help alleviate this problem? Explain.
· What would you do to alleviate the community problem of
youth drug use and abuse? Explain.
From 1865 through the early 1900s, various drugs were
available and deemed legal. Today, there are even more types of
drugs that, while illegal in most countries, are available to the
public.
Assignment Guidelines
· Address the following in 3–4 pages:
· Pick 3 drugs that were legal from 1865 until some point in the
20th century, and answer the following questions:
· What types of drugs were legal, and how were they used in
society?
· Where could they obtain these drugs? Explain.
· Why would they utilize these drugs? Explain.
· Pick 3 illegal substances that are considered popular among
drug users within the United States, and answer the following
questions for each drug:
· Why do people use this drug? Explain.
· How widespread is the use of this drug? Explain.
· What types of demographics or populations are most likely to
use this drug?
· Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.