Blog 5b: Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic?
Yoga

2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)
"Women's bodies are more lax or flexible than men's, Quinn said. Women have wider pelvises than men and less developed musculature. These factors affect the alignment, strength and movement of women's extremities."

1      Lasalandra, Michael. "Women and Sports Injuries: Why It's a Different Game."Women and Sports Injuries: Why It's a Different Game. N.p., Mar. 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. <http://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/HealthNotes/BonesandJoints/SportsInjuriesandPrevention/WomenandSportsInjuries.aspx>.

3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)
If a woman performs a set of asanas, then they are more likely to be misaligned than a man.

4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.
I've had a lot of trouble finding someone to help me perform the experiment so I will be conducting this experiment on my own. I will use a general digital camera and yoga mats for the subject's comfort. The subjects will be recruited via Mrs. Pittman's yoga elective and since it consists of mainly women, I will recruit men from the junior's PE class. I'll have the subjects perform a set of asanas and photograph them between the poses they're holding. I'll then upload the photos and use a computer program to draw lines on the subjects, connecting the joints that should be stacked on top of one another. This will give me the results on whether or not women are more likely to be misaligned.

5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:
Behavioral/Social Science