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	Project title	Color and appetite
	Difficulty Level	Middle school
	Project page	Click here to view this science project
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This science fair project was performed to investigate the effect of the color of our surroundings on our appetite. The science fair project experiment involved placing squirrels in colored boxes and observing their daily consumption of nuts.
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1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is the color of the interior of the box – blue, green or red. The dependent variable is the average amount of nuts eaten by the squirrel in 3 days. This is determined by using the digital scale to weigh the food supplied on the first day and once more on the third day. The constants (control variables) are the size of the box, the type of food supplied and the age of the squirrels. 2. The interior of the 3 boxes are painted blue, green and red in color .....

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