magnet+balance+effect

Title
Magnetic balance effect

Problem Scenario
People that have bad balance they can just wear a bracelet with magnets in it.

Broad Question
What are the effects of magnets on balancing?

Specific Question
Do magnets effect the amount of time someone can balance on one foot?

Hypothesis
If someone wears magnets then it will help increase the amount of time they can balance on one foot.

Independent Variable:
wearing the magnet

Dependent Variable:
How long someone can balance while wearing a magnet (time/seconds)

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:
Who wears the bracelet and how long they keep it on.

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation
magnets balance energy gravity

General Plan
1. Make two bracelets out of duct tape. 2. Put a magnet or two in one and a small wooden piece in the other. 3. Have two people balance while wearing no bracelets and record their times. 4. Give the same 2 people each a bracelet and wait one minute. 5. One bracelet will have wooden pieces for a fake substance and one will have two small magnets on it(on the top and the bottom). 6. Have them balance on one foot again and record their times. 7. Have the people switch bracelets and wait another minute. 8. Record their times. 9. Repeat steps 3 and 4 but with 2 different people every time. 10. Put my results on paper/poster and make a chart/graph of it.

Potential Problems And Solutions
people might fall down while trying to balance

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
The magnets i am using will mess up the whole entire universes magnetic energy field and the world will explode.

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

What is your experimental unit?
I will be measuring the amount of time the person can balance on one foot.

Number Of Trials:
I will do it three different times for 20 different people.

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
Three subjects the magnets, the wood, and nothing.

Number of Observations:
Three observations for each person.

When data will be collected
February 25th

Where will data be collected?:
School or home wherever the people im testing can do it.

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * magnets || 1 or 2 || store (hardware) || $2-5 ||
 * duct tape || 2 || home || free ||
 * posterboard || 1 || school/teacher || $5 ||
 * markers(writing materials) || unknown || home || free ||
 * wood for fake magnets || 4 or 6 || my dads school || free ||
 * velcro || 8 || home || free ||

Detailed Procedure
1. Get a pack of magnets (2 per bracelet) 2. Make 2 duct tape bracelets. 3. Put one or two magnets in one of the bracelets(on the top and bottom). 4.Put a small wooden substance in the other bracelet. 5. Get two people who are willing to participate. 6. See how long each person can balance without any bracelet and record both of their times. 7.Then give one person the bracelet with the magnet. 8.Give the other person the other bracelet. 9. Record both of their times. 10. Repeat steps 5 6 7 8 and 9 multiple times with 2 different people each time.

Photo List
magnets the bracelets people balancing

Time Line
Feb. 14th or 15th start experiment Feb. 28th finish experiments and look at the data March 2nd look at the data more and then start putting the it into graph


 * name || no bracelet || with bracelet || with bracelet with placibo ||
 * Eric || 2:49 || 2:50 || 4:14 ||
 * Nick || 0:57 || 0:58 || 1:24 ||
 * Chase || 1:40 || 1:31 || 1:35 ||
 * Garrett || 0:41 || 1:04 || 1:13 ||
 * Gabby || 5:47 || 6:45 || 7:23 ||
 * Ally || 1:03 || 1:17 || 2:01 ||
 * Seda || 5:58 || 6:52 || 7:07 ||
 * Jackie || 3:40 || 8:00 || 1:10 ||
 * Josh || 1:03 || 1:08 || 1:21 ||
 * Molly || 0:41 || 1:33 || 2:00 ||
 * Emma || 1:28 || 2:00 || 4:15 ||
 * Renee || 3:38 ||  || 10:00 ||

All Raw Data
As the experiment went on and i looked at my data i realized that i should have changed my experiment I noticed that as the trials went on the person balancing got better with practice so they progressed the more they balanced. The bracelets that I made did not have an effect on the persons balance.

**Conclusion**
After all the trials and experimenting with about 15 people I have gathered all of my data and the outcome was surprising. My hypothesis was that when the person wore the bracelet they would be able to balance longer on one foot. What I got out if my data is that the bracelet did not make any effect on the persons balance. In the bracelet that i got for Christmas there was titanium, not magnets. A thing that I could have changed about my experiment is have the persons trials spread out because I saw that they progressed as the trials went on.

Discussion
The patterns that i noticed during the experiment is that the person balancing got better as they went on through the trials. My hypothesis turned out to be wrong. I was able to answer my question which is "do magnet affect the amount of time someone can balance on one foot". The answer is no, they dont have any affect. A problem that occurred during my expirement was that about halfway through doing all the trials I realized that the person got better at balancing

Benefit to Community and/or Science
It could help people with poor balance.

Background Research
 Magnets:  In every magnet there is both positive and negative energy. Some magnets attracts but others repel depending on which sides the magnets are facing (north pole, South Pole or positive and negative). The magnets all work around the north and south poles.  Now, in every person there is also negative and positive energy. Negative ions are in the air as well as positive. The negative ions are good for your body and they benefit to your health. They help improve the cell metabolism, enhance natural healing power, immunity, prevent cells from aging which then creates an overall positive experience.  The balance bond bracelet that i purchased says that it helps your balance and even out or balance the positive and negative ions in your body. Because it does that you are supposed to have better balance. I personally do believe that it does work and help the person who wears it balance.  Balance:  Various parts of the human nervous system are involved in the complex task we know as balancing. Your scenes of touch makes it so your foot can feel the surface that you are standing on and your brain sends messages to tell you which way to lean. Also some of it is just natural instinct. The muscles and joints in your body also can tell which body parts to move when. Your eyesight tells you where you are in space so you know which way to lean if you are leaning a certain way. Your inner ears or labyrinth reacts to and sends out messages about which way you are leaning (forward, left, backwards, and right).

Abstract
My Hypothesis was that the person who wore the bracelet would be able to balance longer on one foot with the bracelet than without the bracelet and it was incorrect. The magnet bracelet did not have any effect on the persons balance. I could have changed the experiment a little by making the times in between the trials longer because some people just got better as they went on. I found out from my research that in every magnet there is both positive and negative energy. Some magnets attract but others repel depending on which sides the magnets are facing. The magnets all work around the north and south poles. Also I learned that various parts of the human nervous system are involved in the complex task we know as balancing. Your scenes of touch makes it so your foot can feel the surface that you are standing on and your brain sends messages to tell you which way to lean. Also some of it is just natural instinct. The muscles and joints in your body also can tell which body parts to move when. Your eyesight tells you where you are in space so you know which way to lean if you are leaning a certain way. Your inner ears or labyrinth reacts to and sends out messages about which way you are leaning (forward, left, backwards, and right). For my experiment I made two bracelets out of duck tape. In one bracelet I put a magnet inside and in the other I put a placebo made out of wood. I had a person balance without wearing a bracelet and recorded their time. Then I gave them the bracelet with the magnet in it and record their time. Then for the final trial (3 for every person) I gave them the placebo bracelet and recorded their time. I repeated that with multiple people. After all the trials and experimenting with about 15 people I have gathered all of my data and the outcome was surprising. My hypothesis was that when the person wore the bracelet they would be able to balance longer on one foot. What I got out if my data is that the bracelet did not make any effect on the persons balance. In the bracelet that I got for Christmas there was titanium, not magnets. A thing that I could have changed about my experiment is have the persons trials spread out because I saw that they progressed as the trials went on. Overall I was wrong and magnets do not affect a person’s balance.