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Title
Who's memories better?

Broad Question
Does age effect your memory?

Specific Question
Do children ten and under or adults thirty and over have a better memory with colors, letters, and numbers?

Hypothesis
I think adults, thirty and over, having a more developed, full sized brain, would have a better memory than children ten and under.

**Graph of Hypothesis**

Independent Variable:
Items to be remembered. Age.

Dependent Variable:
The number of items remembered.

Variables That Need To Be Control:
Give each individual 15 seconds to remeber each sequence.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
N/A

Experimental Design
(add the correct headings from the experimental design page before beginning)

What is your experimental unit?
My experimental unit is one persons Responses.

Number Of Trials:
There are four trials.

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
There are two subjects in each trial.

Number of Observations:
There are twenty four observations.

When data will be collected
My data will be collected between February 15 and March 5.

Where will data be collected?:
This data will be collected outside of school in various locations.

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||

Detailed Procedure
1. Lay sequence out in front of a individual in one of the age groups. 2. Use a stopwatch and give the person aproximently 15 seconds to memorize the sequence, remove the sequence from sight. 3. Have the person complete a small activity, like a small puzzle or a card game. 4. Lay a paper with the correct number of blank spaces from the sequence, ask them to repeat the sequence. 5. Record answers in data table. 6. Repeat for each different sequence, age group and character type (color, Letter, number.)