| Science projects have always caused a stressful | | | | baseball team...a captive audience. His hypothesis was |
| situation in our house. A great science project idea can | | | | that boy athletes would have higher peak flows than |
| grow out of your child's chronic illness or medical | | | | non-athlete boys. |
| experience. Your child will be naturally curious about | | | | Each boy's peak flows were measured three times. |
| the topic, as you will be, and can learn about their illness | | | | The highest number was recorded for each boy. Each |
| at the same time. No need to worry about what the | | | | boy was instructed on use of the meter and was |
| science project idea needs to be, just use your own | | | | given an opportunity to practice before measurements |
| experiences. | | | | were taken. Measurements were taken three different |
| We used by son's asthma to develop a science | | | | days. Any young man that was ill was excluded from |
| experiment. Using a peak flow meter, which measures | | | | the study. |
| air a person can blow out of their lungs in one breath | | | | My son found that boy athletes did have higher peak |
| and can be purchased inexpensively, my son took | | | | flow measurements than non-boy athletes. An |
| peak flow measurements of boy athletes and boy | | | | additional benefit to this study was educational in that |
| non-athletes. The definition of athlete was constricted | | | | the boys became aware of how important exercise |
| to a boy that exercised in a team sport more than | | | | was for their body. |
| three times weekly.We just used the boys on his | | | | |