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	Project title	Caffeine and Alertness
	Difficulty Level	Elementary school
	Project page	Click here to view this science project
Description
This experiment was conducted to find out how drinking caffeinated coffee will affect the alertness of an individual. The level of alertness of the test subjects will be measured by the number of balloons burst by throwing darts.
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For this experiment, the independent variable is the amount of coffee consumed (ie: no coffee, versus having drunk 1 cup of coffee. The dependent variable is the number of balloons burst. This is determined by counting the balloons burst by each volunteer throwing 12 darts. The constants (control variables) are the distance of the thrower from the balloon, the darts, the size, color and type of the balloon and the arrangement of the balloon on the soft board. The balloons are prepared by blowing them until they are about 250mm in diameter. They are then arranged in a 4 .....

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