Dating is a phenomenon that many students first learn about in either middle school or high school. There are many reasons why people date, and most of them have to do with biological responses of attractions. If you are looking for a science fair project then consider science fair projects on dating.
The first issues that you can examine is the body language that is used during a date. You will want to look at how women and men differ in their body language. If possible try to decode this symbolic language to find patterns of attractions. Can you predict if two people are attracted to one another just by watching their body language?
Another issue that you can examine with your science fair project is how biological functions like body temperature and heart rates change when people are attracted to one another. You can utilize a digital thermometer to take body core and surface temperatures of your test partners. To verify if the test subjects are attracted to one another you can have them fill out a questionnaire at the end of each session.
The goal of a science fair project is to find relationships between two variables. In dating science fair projects your variables are going to relate to a specific aspect of dating and some type of biological or psychological response.
Dating is an interesting topic for a science fair project. In addition to looking at the biological responses, students can also take a look at the visual cues that people create using artificial means, like clothing, hair styles and makeup, in order to attract a mate.
I think it would be interesting to see if there was a scientific reason behind why certain people are attracted to each other.
There are studies out there that show it is by a scent that we leave off and are not aware of. Would love some high school student to do a science fair project on it also.
i heard about that study pertaining to the scent we leave off too. There are some amazing documentaion-movies that investigate that subconscious phenomenon of the smell.
For me, I can say that when I met my wife the first time, she just had something that made her so interesting for me that I couldn´t resist her. That´s science and magic together =)
So, are you willing to let us in on the secret and tell us what make her so interesting?
oh i would if i could =)
it was just everything… her hair, her smell and the way she smiled … i can´t really explain… it was just something that “got” me and told me “she´s the one”. i know that sounds maybe a bit schmaltzy – but that´s just the way it is =)
So maybe it was her scent that you were unaware of. We will never know!
hmmmm… That seems a very interesting science project.
As a reaction to your post, I know there are two general types of communication–the verbal and non-verbal communications. Verbal communication uses words, thus, both written and spoken communication are verbal. Meanwhile, there is also the non-verbal communication, which includes the body language, facial expression, etc.
Scientifically, you can really identify whether a person is attracted to this person or not through the non-verbal communication–the way she looks at this person or the way she moves her hands and feet while with that person. It’s just like you can guess that a person is in a hurry when he’s tapping his fingers on the table. So I guess, that’s what you’ll have in the science fair. Just similar theory.
But a science fair project is not about theory, it is about setting up an experiment with a control and experimental variable. What would be your two variables?
I think there is some sort of scientific phenomenon in how we choose our mate. I think there are behavioral experiments going on that can shed some light on attraction.
The first problem that you can really examine here is that the body language that’s used throughout a regulare date. You may wish to look at how women and men differ in their body language. If you can do it … check out to decode this symbolic language to search out patterns of attractions. Can you expect if two folks are attracted to 1 another solely by watching their body language???
i don think so…