What's your style? Discover yourself ... and a science project you'll love.The school bell is about to ring. You've spent the class period racking your brain for a science-project idea, but you have drawn a blank. Is it time to throw in the towel? No way! Take the personality quiz A personality quiz is a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) that intends to reveal something about the person who answers them. The personality quiz, unlike a knowledge quiz, has no definite set of right or wrong answers. shown here. After filling out your answers, review your quiz results (see far right). Not only will you have learned more about yourself, you will also be on your way to coming up with the ultimate science-project idea! What are you waiting for? 1 After school, you plop plop v. plopped, plop·ping, plops v.intr. 1. To fall with a sound like that of an object falling into water without splashing. 2. onto the couch and flip on the TV. You A. pop in a Discovery nature video. B. tune in to ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network . C. find a documentary on monster insects. D. look for a reality show. 2. You attend your brother's baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League . While there, you A. wander to a nearby pond to look for wildlife. B. keep track of players' stats. C. examine an earthworm earthworm, terrestrial, cylindrical segmented worm of the class Oligochaeta. There are 2,200 earthworm species, found all over the world except in arid and arctic regions and ranging in size from 1 in. (2.5 cm) to the 11-ft (330-cm) giant worms of the tropics. wiggling in the dirt. D. chat with other fans. 3. Your friend asks you to go on a camping trip. You A. pack your biodegradable soap and water-filtering device, then hit the road. B. grab a football. After all, the outdoors is a great place to break in your new ball. C. pack up your binoculars and bug-collecting jars. D. decline. You already have plans to bake a double-chocolate cake. 4. You're at a friend's overnight party. Your preferred activity? A. Sky watching B. The new NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga video game C. Movie madness-Arachnophobia D. Twister 5 While tucked into your sleeping bag at the overnight party, you hear thunder. You A. place cups outside to collect rainwater to test for pollutants. B. wonder how a wet soccer field will affect how the ball moves. C. wait until the storm subsides. Then you listen to the singing insects. D. think about your dog: It's probably frightened. QUIZ RESULTS It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to tally your answers to find out your interests! Then, think up questions you have about that topic. Choose one, and answer it with a science project. What's your personality? If you picked mostly ... A'S EARTHY EXPLORER Investigating nature comes second nature to you! For a clever experiment idea, spend time observing an outdoor area: How does sunlight affect a plant's growth rate? Is acid rain dangerous to plants? For more ideas, learn how one teen turned her observations of a local bay into a first-rate project (see p. 10). B'S SPORTS MANIAC You are drawn to questions relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc forces and motion. And as a sports enthusiast, you have plenty of material to work with: Does the temperature of a ball affect its bounce? Does one brand of helmet protect better than another? Find inspiration from one student's winning project on football physics (see p. 14). C'S CURIOUS CRITER Insects fascinate you. Luckily, these creatures are everywhere: How does a local insect affect farmers' crops? Does it help flowering plants reproduce? For more ideas, check out one teen's project on insecticides (see 1). 18). D'S FREE THINKER Your interests range from cooking to human and animal behavior. Choose your favorite topic, then make a list of questions. How does flour affect a cake's fluffiness? Does your pet dog prefer wet or dry food? To get motivated, scour scour, scours 1. the chemical and physical cleaning of fleece wool. 2. diarrhea. dietetic scour see dietary diarrhea. peat scour see secondary nutritional copper deficiency. this issue and see how three teens turned their questions into science projects. |
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