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Boogie your way to a better understanding!
To teach control and variable, I use a simple experiment using the "Boogie" dance game
to help students understand this concept.
Materials :
Wii
"Boogie" Dance Game
Wiimote + Nunchuck
Vernier Dat Pro
Wireless Heart Rate Monitor
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Control - The control for this experiment is the student heart rate before playing the game. You can
use the monitor to take the heart rate or use the finger on the write method.
Dependent Variable - The dependent variable in this experiment is the student heartrate after playing
one song and dancing.
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Independent Variable - The independent variable is anything that influences the outcome. In this case,
you can talk about the speed of the song or how much the student was moving when dancing. Sometimes, the heart rate
will actually go down! Whatever happens, it makes for great class discussion!
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