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SCIENCE FAIR PRESENTATION
What is the effect of Spock on Rock, Paper, Scissors?
Dr. Sheldon Cooper, PhD – Physics
Robin Flyte, BS – Sociology; MS K-12 Education
RESEARCH NOTES Spock is logical He inhabits the USS Enterprise Born in the year 2230 Time travel has not been invented yet BFF – Captain Kirk Quote: Once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Spock is fictional
HYPOTHESIS If Spock is in the game, “Rock, Paper,
Scissors,” then paper will disprove him, because research shows that he is a fictional character.
PROCEDURES Get Rock, Paper, and Scissors game
rules Introduce Spock and Lizard Play game with a friend Repeat Steps above until Paper
disproves Spock
Make these “short and sweet,” but make sense
DATA TABLE: THE EFFECT OF SPOCK ON ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Character Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Spock 1 1 1
Paper 1 1 1
Scissors 8 7 6
Rock 5 6 5
Lizard 2 3 4
Times Characters Occur in Game (#)
GRAPH – THE EFFECT OF SPOCK ON ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Characters in Rock, Paper, Scissors
Tim
es
Chara
cters
Occ
ur
(#)
ANALYSIS Scissors occurred the most times – 8 (overall average 7) Paper and Spock occurred the least – 1
each Each time Paper occurred, Spock was
disproved (game over) The overall trend was that each time
paper occurred, it disproved Spock, thus supporting the hypothesis
CONCLUSION Purpose: to see the effect of Spock on
Rock, Paper, Scissors Hypothesis: If Spock is introduced into
Rock, Paper, Scissors, then he would be disproved by paper, because research stated that Spock is a fictional character.
Errors could have occurred, including Dr. Cooper hesitating to play paper, in fear that Spock would be disproved, not analyzing the influence of lizard in the game, and having a hard time remembering the rules.
Each time paper was played, Spock was disproved, which supported the hypothesis
IMPORTANCE/FUTURE RESEARCH This study is important to recreational
gamers and people who like to watch “The Big Bang Theory”
The Hypothesis could be refined to say, “If Spock OR lizard are introduced into ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’” and each character is played an equal number of times, then he would be disproved, because research shows he is a fictional character.”
Future Research could include introducing Captain Kirk in to R/P/S or creating a Monopoly game with Spock.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Spock quote -
http://www.top10-best.com/m/top_10_best_mr_spock_quotes.html
Photo of Dr. Cooper: http://the-big-bang-theory.com/characters.Sheldon/
http://www.startrek.com/ Prentice Hall Physical Science, Dr. Robin
Flyte, p. 223 – “Time Travel” Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Kov2G0GouBw