Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

My project involves me testing which type of music helps mice pass through a maze the fastest. Classical won, by the way! Thanks!

Hi Narwhal888,

It's great to see that you have gotten so far on your project. You want your title to be informative as well as attract the attention of people at the fair. Here are some examples:

"The effects of music on maze completion by mice"
"Does music make mice finish a maze faster?"
"Do mice respond to music?"

-microkts

Hi Narwhal888,

Microkts suggested some titles that can effectively present your time but may carry some constraints in competitions. I suggest a title similar to "The extent to which classical music influences increased motivation in Mus musculus"

Simple changes in structure of a title can make a drastic difference in the first impressions of the judges as well as the quality. As long as the title is congruent with the content of your experiment.

Good luck with your project! It sounds exciting, let us know how it went!

Travis Sigafoos

Hi Narwhal888,

I agree with Travis that a more scientific title will likely leave a good impression on the judges. If you want to be clever as well, you could try putting something clever in front of the scientific version. For example, you could try something like:

"A-maze-ing music: The extent to which classical music influences increased motivation in Mus musculus."

Good luck!

Heather

Do you have any good title ideas for a project on improving memory?

Hi abcdef123,

Can you tell us a little more about your project? As you can see in the thread, it helps to be specific in your title; so we would need to know a few more details to help you put together an appropriate title!

Heather

Our project involves a bunch of experiments on different age groups of males and females using different techniques. At the end, we try to figure out which technique is the best to memorize words and numbers. After we find out which technique is the most effective, we figure out which environment works best on memorizing specific phrases of words. We're basically trying to use different techniques for the best results on memorizing and maybe improving memory.