We made a video to sort of introduce our project, and chances are, either you came here from the link provided in the video, you somehow came across it, you were present at our presentation at school and decided to check it out, or you came from AoiSenri's main gaming blog.
Either way, if you haven't seen the video, here's a link to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiwYAH39dj8
I'll get to trying to get the video on here when there's better internet connection.
Thanks and enjoy! I CAN guarantee at least a few laughs from it!
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Results and Conclusion (Part 3)
And...welcome back to the discussion of results for our Group 4 Project!
This time, we'll be talking about the two investigations that had a LOT of counting. Because two different posts containing different sorts of counting seems just a bit too much.
Alright, let's get this started! (looks at Chemistry results)
O_o the formulas...
...
ANYWAYS, after manipulating the formulas, the minimum mass of glucose required for sprinting in 10 seconds is calculated.
What can we conclude from this?
Well, it does show the amount of glucose needed to be burned as really, REALLY small. However, there are limitations to this study. This is an APPROXIMATE value, so athletes (heck, maybe even us) might have to consume far more glucose compared to this amount. Especially athletes, especially considering the fact that while it DOES take around 10 seconds to finish a 100 m sprint, the results uses "average human" data. Oh, and how much glucose is needed for an average person to sprint 100 m?
3.132*10-4g
That's...not too much now, huh?
ALRIGHT! Finally, Physics.
(looks at calculations for uncertainty) X_X maybe don't put it in.
First of all, here's a graph for my results from the earlier post!
I know it's not the best, but please bear with it.
What DOES this show about the relationship of speed and height of runner? Well, from the graph, we can see a positive correlation between the height of a runner and the sprinting speed of the runner. However, as the difference in average height of the runner gets smaller, we can see that the change in speed gets higher...which would suggest that maybe height doesn't affect speed THAT much.
Conclusion time!
Height plays a smaller role than we would hope for in the sprinting speed of runners. While at shorter heights, it would play a larger role (0.1 m/s difference in speed for sprinting is a LOT), the taller a runner gets, the less likely it was height that affected the sprinting speed. Other factors need to be taken into account, such as the runner's diet, training, whether he used steroids, and his health.
Formula for speed, by the way, is:
v = m/s
But I think you guys knew that...right?
AND...that's it for conclusions, I guess. Thanks for reading up to this point!
This time, we'll be talking about the two investigations that had a LOT of counting. Because two different posts containing different sorts of counting seems just a bit too much.
Alright, let's get this started! (looks at Chemistry results)
O_o the formulas...
...
ANYWAYS, after manipulating the formulas, the minimum mass of glucose required for sprinting in 10 seconds is calculated.
1. n = Q/ΔH =
(4.89*10(-3))/2807.98 = 1.74*10(-6)
2. Mr = C6H12O6 = (6*12) +
(12*1) + (16*6) What can we conclude from this?
Well, it does show the amount of glucose needed to be burned as really, REALLY small. However, there are limitations to this study. This is an APPROXIMATE value, so athletes (heck, maybe even us) might have to consume far more glucose compared to this amount. Especially athletes, especially considering the fact that while it DOES take around 10 seconds to finish a 100 m sprint, the results uses "average human" data. Oh, and how much glucose is needed for an average person to sprint 100 m?
3.132*10-4g
That's...not too much now, huh?
ALRIGHT! Finally, Physics.
(looks at calculations for uncertainty) X_X maybe don't put it in.
First of all, here's a graph for my results from the earlier post!
I know it's not the best, but please bear with it.
What DOES this show about the relationship of speed and height of runner? Well, from the graph, we can see a positive correlation between the height of a runner and the sprinting speed of the runner. However, as the difference in average height of the runner gets smaller, we can see that the change in speed gets higher...which would suggest that maybe height doesn't affect speed THAT much.
Conclusion time!
Height plays a smaller role than we would hope for in the sprinting speed of runners. While at shorter heights, it would play a larger role (0.1 m/s difference in speed for sprinting is a LOT), the taller a runner gets, the less likely it was height that affected the sprinting speed. Other factors need to be taken into account, such as the runner's diet, training, whether he used steroids, and his health.
Formula for speed, by the way, is:
v = m/s
But I think you guys knew that...right?
AND...that's it for conclusions, I guess. Thanks for reading up to this point!
Results and Conclusion (Part 2)
Welcome back to the discussion of results and conclusion!
This time, we'll be talking about Melina's findings about steroids.
First of all, here are some reasons why athletes might want to use steroids in the first place.
1. They want to be the very best, like no one ever was~ No, seriously. They want to have better performance in sporting events to be the very best!
2. They may feel incapable of success or feel weak if they don't take the substances.
3. Like the case of Kurome and her candy/drugs: they're addicted to the steroids and can't stop using it.
Some benefits that the athletes feel when consuming steroids include:
1. Increase in muscle mass
2. Increase in stamina, power, and strength
3. Fat reduction
However, side effects may include:
1. Asura uses Asura Roga! MC is enraged! Power is enraged! Black Frost is enraged! Jack Frost is enraged!
...if that doesn't paint the picture enough (Strange Journey fans, this is for you!), it makes the athlete more aggressive.
2. It can induce breast growth in men, or breast shrinking in women.
3. Menstrual irregularities in women. Females ALL AROUND THE WORLD know how much periods suck, so you can guess how bad this is.
4. Heart disease.
5. Infertility.
6. Liver damage.
Most of the results found talk about the negative effects of the use of steroids.
Conclusion time!
Steroids can have great short-term effects on the performance of a runner, but the long-term NEGATIVE effects greatly offsets the short term effects. It's like...facing off against more than one demon that will spam Debilitate when only one of your demons know Luster Candy.
Since it's MegaTen, it ends horribly. So, you get an idea on how bad of an idea it is to use steroids, right?
RIGHT?!
This time, we'll be talking about Melina's findings about steroids.
First of all, here are some reasons why athletes might want to use steroids in the first place.
1. They want to be the very best, like no one ever was~ No, seriously. They want to have better performance in sporting events to be the very best!
2. They may feel incapable of success or feel weak if they don't take the substances.
3. Like the case of Kurome and her candy/drugs: they're addicted to the steroids and can't stop using it.
Some benefits that the athletes feel when consuming steroids include:
1. Increase in muscle mass
2. Increase in stamina, power, and strength
3. Fat reduction
However, side effects may include:
1. Asura uses Asura Roga! MC is enraged! Power is enraged! Black Frost is enraged! Jack Frost is enraged!
...if that doesn't paint the picture enough (Strange Journey fans, this is for you!), it makes the athlete more aggressive.
2. It can induce breast growth in men, or breast shrinking in women.
3. Menstrual irregularities in women. Females ALL AROUND THE WORLD know how much periods suck, so you can guess how bad this is.
4. Heart disease.
5. Infertility.
6. Liver damage.
Most of the results found talk about the negative effects of the use of steroids.
Conclusion time!
Steroids can have great short-term effects on the performance of a runner, but the long-term NEGATIVE effects greatly offsets the short term effects. It's like...facing off against more than one demon that will spam Debilitate when only one of your demons know Luster Candy.
Since it's MegaTen, it ends horribly. So, you get an idea on how bad of an idea it is to use steroids, right?
RIGHT?!
Results and Conclusion! (Part 1)
Welcome back to Fast and Furious, where we will be discussing about the science of sprinting!
This time, we'll be discussing about David and William's results...for Biology, at least.
Let's see...William was investigating the relationship between respiratory and cardiovascular health and the athlete's performance in track. David, however, was investigating the relationship of certain diets and their effect on the performance in track events. Strongly linked to each other!
Oh, man...looking back at the data, it would probably be for the best to label all of the runners and the diet they took for the experiments...
P1 had the balanced diet.
P2 had the vegetarian diet.
P3 had the junk food diet.
As we can observe from the table, the first participant with the balanced diet had nearly balanced heartbeat throughout the experiment, and an increased performance to boot (faster by 1 second, which is a lot in 100 m sprint standards). From this, we can infer that the participant's heartbeat became at least slightly stronger due to the decreased rate.
The second participant, with the vegetarian diet, was slower compared to everyone else. There was an increase in 2 seconds for time. However, in something that can be described as a tradeoff, his cardiovascular performance was far better compared to everyone else's.
The third participant, with the junk food diet, was the fastest among everyone. However, his heartbeats were less controlled in addition to being quicker, which suggests more labor in blood circulation.
So, conclusions then?
Let's see...we'll make it short and sweet.
Balanced diet = consistent performance in track = consistent cardiovascular performance, if not slightly better
Vegetarian diet = slower speed in track = better cardiovascular health, since blood vessels are 'clean' of fat and blood travels easily through blood vessels, less power needed to pump blood throughout body.
Junk food diet = faster speed in track = worse cardiovascular health, since fat is present in blood vessels, clogging it and making blood travel more slowly, so more power is needed for the blood to push through the fats
This supports Usain Bolt's claim of his consumption of 1000 Chicken McNuggets leading to his Olympic World Record run in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games.
Seems like Sega also did their research! Sonic the Hedgehog, anyone? Really speedy, eats chilli dogs!
Other conclusions will follow shortly, so stay tuned!
This time, we'll be discussing about David and William's results...for Biology, at least.
Let's see...William was investigating the relationship between respiratory and cardiovascular health and the athlete's performance in track. David, however, was investigating the relationship of certain diets and their effect on the performance in track events. Strongly linked to each other!
Oh, man...looking back at the data, it would probably be for the best to label all of the runners and the diet they took for the experiments...
P1 had the balanced diet.
P2 had the vegetarian diet.
P3 had the junk food diet.
As we can observe from the table, the first participant with the balanced diet had nearly balanced heartbeat throughout the experiment, and an increased performance to boot (faster by 1 second, which is a lot in 100 m sprint standards). From this, we can infer that the participant's heartbeat became at least slightly stronger due to the decreased rate.
The second participant, with the vegetarian diet, was slower compared to everyone else. There was an increase in 2 seconds for time. However, in something that can be described as a tradeoff, his cardiovascular performance was far better compared to everyone else's.
The third participant, with the junk food diet, was the fastest among everyone. However, his heartbeats were less controlled in addition to being quicker, which suggests more labor in blood circulation.
So, conclusions then?
Let's see...we'll make it short and sweet.
Balanced diet = consistent performance in track = consistent cardiovascular performance, if not slightly better
Vegetarian diet = slower speed in track = better cardiovascular health, since blood vessels are 'clean' of fat and blood travels easily through blood vessels, less power needed to pump blood throughout body.
Junk food diet = faster speed in track = worse cardiovascular health, since fat is present in blood vessels, clogging it and making blood travel more slowly, so more power is needed for the blood to push through the fats
This supports Usain Bolt's claim of his consumption of 1000 Chicken McNuggets leading to his Olympic World Record run in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games.
Seems like Sega also did their research! Sonic the Hedgehog, anyone? Really speedy, eats chilli dogs!
Other conclusions will follow shortly, so stay tuned!
Obtained data~
I'm just gonna say this outright: Melina's investigation was purely research with no calculations or experimentations, so she couldn't put anything in this part.
So, here's the data we collected throughout our experiments and calculations!
William (Biology)
David (Biology)
David (Chemistry)
Calories needed to run for 1 minute = 7 cal
Therefore, calories needed to run for 10 seconds = 1.17 cal = 4.89 J
Raissa (Physics)
Interested in the conclusions we drew from our results? Then, STAY TUNED!
So, here's the data we collected throughout our experiments and calculations!
William (Biology)
Heartbeats before diet
Participants
|
Initial beats/minute
|
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
Average
|
P1
|
65
|
130
|
131
|
135
|
132
|
P2
|
63
|
112
|
120
|
128
|
120
|
P3
|
80
|
110
|
160
|
130
|
133
|
Heartbeats after diet
Participants
|
Initial beats/minute
|
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
Average
|
P1
|
66
|
137
|
147
|
155
|
146
|
P2
|
63
|
110
|
107
|
113
|
110
|
P3
|
70
|
140
|
146
|
150
|
141
|
David (Biology)
Time before diet
Participants
|
Time
(seconds)
|
|||
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
Average
|
|
P1
|
21.0
|
23.1
|
21.2
|
21.8
|
P2
|
21.8
|
20.5
|
19.3
|
20.5
|
P3
|
23.2
|
18.5
|
18.7
|
20.1
|
Time after diet
Participants
|
Time
(seconds)
|
|||
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
Average
|
|
P1
|
21.0
|
20.8
|
20.8
|
20.8
|
P2
|
21.8
|
22.6
|
21.9
|
22.1
|
P3
|
19.0
|
18.3
|
16.3
|
17.9
|
David (Chemistry)
Calories needed to run for 1 minute = 7 cal
Therefore, calories needed to run for 10 seconds = 1.17 cal = 4.89 J
Enthalpy Change of Glucose (C6H12O6) Combustion = -2807.98 kJ/mol
(Q/n)
m = Mr x n
Units used:
n = mole
Mr = relative molar mass
Q = heat energy (kJ)
ΔH = enthalpy change (kJ/mol)
m = mass (grams)
Year
|
Average Speed
|
Average Height
|
2000
|
10.02
|
178
|
2004
|
10.13
|
185.3
|
2008
|
10.17
|
186
|
2012
|
10.3
|
186.7
|
Our research methods!
For this project, we had one experiment for David and William, while the two girls (Melina and Raissa) each did research, research, and more research. And more research. And even more research!
BUT, everyone had at least SOME form of background research, and David also had to research some things for the Chemistry portion of the project, namely, things such as formulas and the relative molar mass of glucose, and amount of calories per minute. His portion also involved calculations, as well as the manipulation of formulas.
We had one experiment for David and William's investigations, and it involved a lot of running (as well as one cancellation due to...unforeseen circumstances).
The experiment basically revolved around running around a tennis court. We had to approximate 100 meters from the tennis court because, let's face it, there isn't a place in Bandung where we can go to a running track and measure 100 meters at without having to pay money and spend time, since the few tracks that we know about are located in traffic congested areas AND are pretty far from school.
But Physics is always uncertain in the first place...wise words from our classmate Michael, a Physics student. Since distance is related to Physics in a way, so it's uncertain in nature!
So, for these experiments, two sets of data are being taken. For William, he measured the heartbeats per minute of a person after running the approximate 100 meters, while for David, he measured the time taken for each runner to run said 100 meters. There were three runners, and three trials per runner.
In William's case, he had to also take into account the initial amount of heartbeats per minute of each runner. The base level of sorts, nyan. He also had a 10-second interval between finishing the run and starting the counting of heartbeats, before counting heartbeats for one minute. Did I mention that he also counted the initial number of heartbeats for one minute before running, and that runners were left to cool down while watching other runners perform their trials?
After that, the runners were asked to take different diets. One runner eats a balanced meal, another eats like a vegetarian (not that it's a bad thing), and the last eats mostly junk food. This was supposed to last for three days or so, but...
Kyogre's Drizzle
It suddenly started to rain!
POKEMON REFERENCE FAAAIILLLL
...yeah. Put simply, it started raining when we were about to get together at the tennis court for the second data collection (which was conveniently near David's house), the rain only getting worse as time goes on, letting up late in the afternoon. Talk about bad timing!
So, the final set of data was taken the next day. The same procedures were used, three trials were performed...and DONE. That was the experiment. Not all of us could be present at all times though...
For Raissa, she had to grab Olympic medalist records from REAL Olympic games (so she can't grab anything from her Mario and Sonic games), as well as each medalists' height, before finding out the speed of each runner. Seems pretty simple, until you have to find the uncertainty for EVERY SINGLE VALUE.
For Melina, she looked through a variety of texts talking about steroids and their effects, along with why people use them in the first place. Mostly they talked about the negative effects of steroids, and she noticed a distinct lack in variety of the issues discussed among different texts. Ouch.
And with that, we were one step closer to completion~
BUT, everyone had at least SOME form of background research, and David also had to research some things for the Chemistry portion of the project, namely, things such as formulas and the relative molar mass of glucose, and amount of calories per minute. His portion also involved calculations, as well as the manipulation of formulas.
We had one experiment for David and William's investigations, and it involved a lot of running (as well as one cancellation due to...unforeseen circumstances).
The experiment basically revolved around running around a tennis court. We had to approximate 100 meters from the tennis court because, let's face it, there isn't a place in Bandung where we can go to a running track and measure 100 meters at without having to pay money and spend time, since the few tracks that we know about are located in traffic congested areas AND are pretty far from school.
But Physics is always uncertain in the first place...wise words from our classmate Michael, a Physics student. Since distance is related to Physics in a way, so it's uncertain in nature!
So, for these experiments, two sets of data are being taken. For William, he measured the heartbeats per minute of a person after running the approximate 100 meters, while for David, he measured the time taken for each runner to run said 100 meters. There were three runners, and three trials per runner.
In William's case, he had to also take into account the initial amount of heartbeats per minute of each runner. The base level of sorts, nyan. He also had a 10-second interval between finishing the run and starting the counting of heartbeats, before counting heartbeats for one minute. Did I mention that he also counted the initial number of heartbeats for one minute before running, and that runners were left to cool down while watching other runners perform their trials?
After that, the runners were asked to take different diets. One runner eats a balanced meal, another eats like a vegetarian (not that it's a bad thing), and the last eats mostly junk food. This was supposed to last for three days or so, but...
Kyogre's Drizzle
It suddenly started to rain!
POKEMON REFERENCE FAAAIILLLL
...yeah. Put simply, it started raining when we were about to get together at the tennis court for the second data collection (which was conveniently near David's house), the rain only getting worse as time goes on, letting up late in the afternoon. Talk about bad timing!
So, the final set of data was taken the next day. The same procedures were used, three trials were performed...and DONE. That was the experiment. Not all of us could be present at all times though...
For Raissa, she had to grab Olympic medalist records from REAL Olympic games (so she can't grab anything from her Mario and Sonic games), as well as each medalists' height, before finding out the speed of each runner. Seems pretty simple, until you have to find the uncertainty for EVERY SINGLE VALUE.
For Melina, she looked through a variety of texts talking about steroids and their effects, along with why people use them in the first place. Mostly they talked about the negative effects of steroids, and she noticed a distinct lack in variety of the issues discussed among different texts. Ouch.
And with that, we were one step closer to completion~
What EXACTLY are we investigating?
First of all, here's a basic overview of the Group 4 subjects that the four of us takes. (I think you can find out who AoiSenri is from this post alone if you followed their blog for quite a while).
Three of us are taking Biology (one taking double Science by also taking Chemistry) and one of us is taking Physics.
Biology
-Melina
-William
-David
Chemistry
-David
Physics
-Raissa
So, about the things we'll be investigating...DEFINITELY they'll be about track sports! You know, those freaking events in Mario and Sonic that is only about rubbing the touch screen as much as possible or shaking the Wiimote (and Nunchuk, sometimes) like crazy?
Here are the things we'll be investigating!
William (Biology)
-How does an individual's respiratory and cardiovascular health affect their performance in track?
Melina (Biology)
-What are the good and bad effects of the use of steriods in track events, and how do they affect an athlete's health?
David (Biology and Chemistry)
-How does specific diets affect an athlete's performance in track events?
-What is the minimum amount of glucose needed for an athlete to run under a set period of time?
Raissa (Physics)
-How does an athlete's height affect his sprinting speed?
Trust me, a LOT of work came into solving these seemingly simple problems. How? Well, we had to design experiments, and for some of us, we just took data and did research, research, and MORE RESEARCH.
Oh, and some more research.
Three of us are taking Biology (one taking double Science by also taking Chemistry) and one of us is taking Physics.
Biology
-Melina
-William
-David
Chemistry
-David
Physics
-Raissa
So, about the things we'll be investigating...DEFINITELY they'll be about track sports! You know, those freaking events in Mario and Sonic that is only about rubbing the touch screen as much as possible or shaking the Wiimote (and Nunchuk, sometimes) like crazy?
Here are the things we'll be investigating!
William (Biology)
-How does an individual's respiratory and cardiovascular health affect their performance in track?
Melina (Biology)
-What are the good and bad effects of the use of steriods in track events, and how do they affect an athlete's health?
David (Biology and Chemistry)
-How does specific diets affect an athlete's performance in track events?
-What is the minimum amount of glucose needed for an athlete to run under a set period of time?
Raissa (Physics)
-How does an athlete's height affect his sprinting speed?
Trust me, a LOT of work came into solving these seemingly simple problems. How? Well, we had to design experiments, and for some of us, we just took data and did research, research, and MORE RESEARCH.
Oh, and some more research.
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