- 3 types of fluorescent lights
- Red
- Blue-person
- Green
- One white light
- Torch
- A white room
- Possibly a white tiled bathroom
- Need approximately thirty people to test experiment on
- Take people in rotation
- Take the person into the allocated area, then flash fluorescent light onto a white paper/tile. Person is to stare at the light for approximately 4 minutes.
- Turn off fluorescent light and flash white light.
- Ask person the change in colour of surroundings, feelings of nausea or any other changes in health or emotion
- Record result.
- Independent
- The change in eyesight
- Any physical or emotional changes
- Dependent
- The difference in eyesight of different people
- The effects of short sighted person verses and long sighted person
- Health prior to the experiment
Experiment
To record the effects of fluorescent lighting on eyesight
Equipment
Plan
Variables
Useful Sites So Far
- http://www.naasln.org/
documents/articles/kitchel_ fluorescent_light.pdf - http://www.emfblues.com/
Fluorescent-Dangers- Fluorescent-Radiation- Fluorescent-Light-Dangerous- Health.html - http://ourhouse.ninemsn.com.
au/ourhouse/factsheets/db/ tips/07/714.asp - http://www.newcastle.edu.au/
service/disability/info- sheets/vision-blindness.html
Anisha, whilst this sounds like a great idea, I worry about the fact that there are faaaar too many variables for you to control. People based experiments need to be extremely rigourously controlled, and it doesn't sound like you have that.
ReplyDeleteCan you try and come up with something else?