What Bone Do Children Break the Most and What Is the Main Cause?
CSEF · 2003 Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Overview
Objectives/Goals To figure out what bone was broken the most by children and what was the main cause. Methods/Materials The materials: 1. Surveys - that I made on my own and then sent about 280 to each school so a total of 2,240 surveys used 2. Computer - Gateway 2000, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel 3. Printer - printed out copies of the survey 4. Copy machine - to make copies for schools to survey 5. Pen & Paper - to take notes and write down data and results 6. Books - 1. Muscles and Bones by Andrew Llamas 2. Human Body by Dr. Frances Williams 3. The Skeleton and Muscular System by Carol Ballard 7. Calculator - for adding and subtracting surveys 8. Car - for transportation from school to school 9. Log Book - for keeping track of data 10. Boxes - to hold surveys 11. Brown and white folders - to hold surveys 12. Binder - to use for log book 13. Students - people to survey Procedure: 1. collected data about bones from skeletal books from the library 2. sorted data into questions to ask on surveys 3. created a survey on computer 4. printed survey 5. made copies of surveys
Summary statement
It's about how bones are broken and what the cause is.
Help received
Mother helped send surveys to the schools.
Competition history
- CSEF 2003
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