Procedure!! Reaction time due Tomorrow
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BringthePaine
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- Project Question: Procedure! Testing Reaction Time
- Project Due Date: January 14, 2009
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Procedure!! Reaction time due Tomorrow
I need a procedure for reaction time. I have until January 2009 to perform the procedure but I need the procedure by tonight to turn in tomorrow.
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ChrisG
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Re: Procedure!! Reaction time due Tomorrow
Hi BringthePaine,
Welcome to the Ask an Expert forum. You've probably realized by now that this is not an instant-response type of forum. We experts here are scientists and engineers with busy schedules. We try to check in as often as possible, but it can take anywhere from hours to weeks to fully resolve a student's question, depending on the type of question and who is available to help.
If you still need help coming up with a procedure for your science fair project, please let us know. It would be very helpful if you would provide some additional information about your scientific question, hypothesis, and background research.
Thanks,
Chris
Welcome to the Ask an Expert forum. You've probably realized by now that this is not an instant-response type of forum. We experts here are scientists and engineers with busy schedules. We try to check in as often as possible, but it can take anywhere from hours to weeks to fully resolve a student's question, depending on the type of question and who is available to help.
If you still need help coming up with a procedure for your science fair project, please let us know. It would be very helpful if you would provide some additional information about your scientific question, hypothesis, and background research.
Thanks,
Chris
Re: Procedure!! Reaction time due Tomorrow
One common method I've seen used to measure reaction time is to have one person drop a meter stick through the gap between someone's thumb and forefinger and ask them to grab it as quickly as they can once it's dropped. You can then measure the length the stick dropped based on where they catch it.