Can exercise make your brain work better?

By: Sofia Nowlan and Owen Ritz-Williamson

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

HypothesisIf you exercise then your brain will work better

Materials8 volunteers50 small itemsA table and chairA towelObstacle courseBoard gamesPaperPen or pencilTimer

Procedure Design an obstacle courseCollect board gamesExplain the procedure to the volunteersHave the volunteers take the memory testFor the memory test you take your 50 small

household items put them under a towel1 at a time show the volunteer an item

cover it again do this for about 5 itemsAfter 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.

Procedure extendedAfter 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

????Conclusion…

Does exercise make your brain work better?

We think that exercise does make your brain work better