How Stress Affects The Body
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Faridah Ameen
ISNA Elementary School Science Fair
QUESTION: How does stress affect the body?
OBJECTIVE: This experiment will investigate if stress affects body temperature.
PURPOSE: Stress refreshes the hormones that affect the body in different ways. In this experiment, it will evaluate whether body temperature changes can be detected when people are placed in stressful situations.
HYPOTHESIS: I think that when you are stressed, the body temperature will be affected because the more you are stressed out, the higher your blood pressure gets and then your blood heats up and the temperature changes.
MATERIALS:
Basal thermometer
Participants
Very, Very challenging test
Stopwatch
PROCEDURE:
1. Make a very, …show more content…
Tell the participant to wait for 5 minutes before they start the test.
4. Take and record the participant basal boy temperature.
5. Start the test and start the 5 minute timer
6. Straight after the test, do the basal body temperature measurement again and ask participant to rate their stress level on a scale of 1- 10.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 with at least 10 participants.
8. Examine your test results.
The average body temperature is 37 degrees C and it changes by 0.6 degrees C throughout the day.
When you are stressed, your body releases adrenaline, cortisone, and other stress hormones. The heart pounds and the blood pressure rises. You start breathing faster. Blood rushes to your brain and heart then the blood moves away from the kidneys, liver, stomach and the skin. Your blood sugar then rises.
By: Dr. Michael Roizen
RESULTS: I noticed that people were very stressed . I examined their body temperature and compared it to the normal body temperature. I did that to see the difference between a stressed person and a normal person.
CONCLUSION: I realized that my hypothesis was right. Stress does affect your body temperature because of your blood and your body. The participants were really stressed out and they were sweating and their body temperatures were really low. Therefore my conclusion was
Faridah Ameen
ISNA Elementary School Science Fair
QUESTION: How does stress affect the body?
OBJECTIVE: This experiment will investigate if stress affects body temperature.
PURPOSE: Stress refreshes the hormones that affect the body in different ways. In this experiment, it will evaluate whether body temperature changes can be detected when people are placed in stressful situations.
HYPOTHESIS: I think that when you are stressed, the body temperature will be affected because the more you are stressed out, the higher your blood pressure gets and then your blood heats up and the temperature changes.
MATERIALS:
Basal thermometer
Participants
Very, Very challenging test
Stopwatch
PROCEDURE:
1. Make a very, …show more content…
Tell the participant to wait for 5 minutes before they start the test.
4. Take and record the participant basal boy temperature.
5. Start the test and start the 5 minute timer
6. Straight after the test, do the basal body temperature measurement again and ask participant to rate their stress level on a scale of 1- 10.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 with at least 10 participants.
8. Examine your test results.
The average body temperature is 37 degrees C and it changes by 0.6 degrees C throughout the day.
When you are stressed, your body releases adrenaline, cortisone, and other stress hormones. The heart pounds and the blood pressure rises. You start breathing faster. Blood rushes to your brain and heart then the blood moves away from the kidneys, liver, stomach and the skin. Your blood sugar then rises.
By: Dr. Michael Roizen
RESULTS: I noticed that people were very stressed . I examined their body temperature and compared it to the normal body temperature. I did that to see the difference between a stressed person and a normal person.
CONCLUSION: I realized that my hypothesis was right. Stress does affect your body temperature because of your blood and your body. The participants were really stressed out and they were sweating and their body temperatures were really low. Therefore my conclusion was