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Video-Game Group
Video-Game Group
Video-Game Group
Research:
One hour of gaming can affect the brain in a positive way, but also can affect the brain in a
negatively. Playing violent videogames can cause you to be more aggressive and playing
videogames too much a day can cause your brain to change. Also, playing videogames can
increase your focus if you play videogames, read, or watch a YouTube video for a certain
amount of time.
Rationale:
This experiment helps parents know how much time they should allow their child(ren) to play
videogames, watch YouTube/other things related to YouTube, and reading books in one day,
one week, etc.
Hypotheses:
Reagan’s hypothesis: I think that people would answer less quickly when solving a problem while
playing a videogame, reading a book, or watching a YouTube video. I also think that AFTER
playing/watching videogames will increase your focus or hand-eye coordination.
Amishi's hypothesis: I agree with Reagan’s hypothesis that 4th graders will only answer less quickly
when they are not doing anything.
Neil’s hypothesis: I agree with Reagan’s hypothesis that people will answer less quickly when
someone is playing a videogame, reading a book etc.
My supplies:
❑ A computer
❑ A few test subjects (anyone who volunteers)
❑ Book
Our Plan:
❑ Get a computer and be ready with a dinosaur game (the videogame we are
using) and a cat video (The video we are using)
❑ Get a timer ready to test how long the answer took
❑ Get a paper and write results
❑ Get a book (doesn’t really matter unless it's too short)
❑ Get a few mandatory volunteer
❑ Every 10 sec we will ask a math Q from the 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. McFarland
Our Questions
1. How many milliliters in a liter?
2. How many meters in a kilometer?
3. What is 6X7?
4. What is 14+12?
5. How do you find the area of a square?
6. How to you find the perimeter of a rectangle?
7. How many degrees does a right angle have?
8. How many degrees does a circle have?
9. What is 12X10?
10. What is 20-12?
11. What is 35+5?
12. What is 5X7?
13. Name a fraction that is equivalent to ½?
14. Simplify this fraction: 8/12
15. What is 100-50?
16. What is an acute angle?
17. What is an obtuse angle?
18. What is 30X3?
19.What is 5X10?
Links:
https://neurosciencenews.com/focus-video-gaming-8513/
https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/video-gaming.html
https://www.gamedesigning.org/why-video-games-are-good/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318345.php#4
https://www.idtech.com/blog/video-games-are-good-for-you