/-/https/www.sciencebuddies.org/cdn/Files/21464/5/sb-logo.png){kind=logo}
/-/https/www.sciencebuddies.org/cdn/Files/21464/5/sb-logo.png){kind=logo}
Also, do you have a cute name for this experiment THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Are Smiles contagious?
Moderators: AmyCowen, kgudger, bfinio, MadelineB, Moderators
-
elitanner
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:31 am
- Occupation: Student: 8th grade
- Project Question: Is Smiling contagious?
- Project Due Date: February 21, 2012
- Project Status: I am conducting my experiment
Are Smiles contagious?
So for my science fair, I am planning on doing, are smiles contagious. So i walked around target and i smiled at people, and 33 people smiled back, but 17 didn't. So now i have to write a report, and it asks me to identify the independent variable and the dependent wariable. my dependent variable was whether they smiled back. But what is my independent variable Also, do you have a cute name for this experiment
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Also, do you have a cute name for this experiment THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!
-
deleted-81235
- Former Expert
- Posts: 66
- Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:06 pm
- Occupation: Student: 12th grade
- Project Question: n/a
- Project Due Date: n/a
- Project Status: Not applicable
Re: Are Smiles contagious?
Your independent variable would be what you changed in their environment. It is pretty simple, and I don't want to give it directly to you, so here's a link to a page on our site that will help you understand independent variables: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... bles.shtml.
If you still need help, just post your question here again. And some names could be "The Smiling Effect," "Smile," or "The Smiling Disease" (because of your investigation into if smiles are contagious.
If you still need help, just post your question here again. And some names could be "The Smiling Effect," "Smile," or "The Smiling Disease" (because of your investigation into if smiles are contagious.
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. You know that in nine hundred years of time and space and I’ve never met anybody who wasn’t important before.”
— The Eleventh Doctor
— The Eleventh Doctor
-
deleted-71536
- Former Expert
- Posts: 895
- Joined: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:59 pm
- Occupation: Professor
- Project Question: How do different animals adapt to their environment?
- Project Due Date: N/A
- Project Status: Not applicable
Re: Are Smiles contagious?
Hi there,
You have an interesting project!
I was wondering whether you took note about the gender or age of the people you smiled at. If you did, you could see if kids were more likely to smile back compared to adults, or whether men or women would be more likely to smile back. If you did not, don't worry about it. But you could put the idea into your Discussion!
Did you walk past people without smiling (as a control)? Again, not a problem if you didn't. But you might hypothesize that more people smiled at you when you smiled at them, compared to the number of people who would have smiled at you if you did not smile first.
Let us know if you have more questions or are still wondering about your independent variable.
Heather
You have an interesting project!
I was wondering whether you took note about the gender or age of the people you smiled at. If you did, you could see if kids were more likely to smile back compared to adults, or whether men or women would be more likely to smile back. If you did not, don't worry about it. But you could put the idea into your Discussion!
Did you walk past people without smiling (as a control)? Again, not a problem if you didn't. But you might hypothesize that more people smiled at you when you smiled at them, compared to the number of people who would have smiled at you if you did not smile first.
Let us know if you have more questions or are still wondering about your independent variable.
Heather