Can exercise make your brain work better?

1. Can exercise make your brain work better? By:Sofia Nowlan andOwen Ritz-Williamson

2. Scientists think that exercise can… • Make us have better decision making skills • Help us heal faster with brain injuries • Help us have better mental focus

3. Hypothesis • If you exercise then your brain will work better

4. Materials • 8 volunteers • 50 small items • A table and chair • A towel • Obstacle course • Board games • Paper • Pen or pencil • Timer

5. Procedure • Design an obstacle course • Collect board games • Explain the procedure to the volunteers • Have the volunteers take the memory test • For the memory test you take your 50 small household items put them under a towel • 1 at a time show the volunteer an item cover it again do this for about 5 items • After you are done with the 5 items point to an item you showed them and see if they can tell you what the item is.

6. Procedure extended • After you are finished with the memory test split the volunteers equally into two groups one exercise group and one board game group • The volunteers should either exercise or play a board game for 10 minutes • Repeat the memory test for the other groups that have not done the test yet • Collect the information from the second memory test

7. ???? Conclusion… Does exercise make your brain work better? We think that exercise does make your brain work better