| Human Behavior Science Projects explore the | | | | watching a group of children before and after the |
| fascinating ways that human beings behave. | | | | group leader yawns. Note that because it is such a |
| Behavioral projects are a popular choice for kids | | | | primitive reflex, yawning is a very popular human |
| headed to the science fair. While gathering enough test | | | | behavior science project subject. |
| subjects can be tricky, these projects can be a great | | | | 5. Are younger children more inclined to like their |
| way for students to learn about testing, meet | | | | teachers than older students? Rate the popularity of |
| interesting people, and have fun. There are so many | | | | teachers that teach different ages of kids. |
| things to discover, that the hardest part may be simply | | | | 6. Measure the time it takes for children to learn a |
| choosing a topic. Here's a list of ideas to get you | | | | poem set to music or not set to music. |
| started. | | | | 7. Find out if the scent of lemon helps attention by |
| 1. Determine the soothing effect of music by taking the | | | | calculating test scores of people who have or have |
| pulse before and after a five minute session of | | | | not sniffed a lemon. This is a great science project |
| classical piano. | | | | that might help ADHD students! |
| 2. See if more people are visual learners or auditory | | | | 8. Find out if two ears or one are better at localizing a |
| learners by having humans memorize a telephone | | | | sound by hiding an object, and timing how long |
| number that they only see, then a different one that | | | | individuals take to find it. (Get a complete project guide |
| they only hear. | | | | for this project at Online Science Projects.) |
| 3. Discover if wearing glasses helps or hurts a | | | | Of course, you don't need a study of human behavior |
| salesperson's profit. Have a salesperson wear glasses | | | | to know that students like to come up with new and |
| for a series of days, then go to work without the | | | | unique ideas. So put on your thinking cap and come up |
| glasses. Compare their total sales for the two periods. | | | | with your own human behavior science project! |
| 4. Find out if yawning is contagious behavior by | | | | |