Sleepwalking Science Project Ideas

by Archie
(New Zealand)

Hi,

I am ten years old from New Zealand and I sleepwalk. I would like to do my school science project on sleepwalking but I am struggling to find a research question that I can investigate (and ideally collect data on). I have enjoyed reading your website and I wonder whether you have any ideas that you could share please.

Archie

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Kevin: Hi Archie, thanks for writing in. I love science projects. Maybe your research question could focus on things you do during the day, or especially right before you go to sleep, that influence whether or not you sleepwalk at night.

For instance, does drinking a whole glass of water right before bed make you more or less likely to sleepwalk? Does doing 50 jumping jacks before bed make you more or less likely to sleepwalk?

You could first start with a baseline week where you see how many times you sleepwalk when conditions are normal, and then introduce one of these new events (the water and jumping jacks, for instance) each experimental week after that. Then compare how many times you sleepwalk during the experimental weeks with the baseline week, and you've got yourself a science experiment.

Anyone else have any sleepwalking science project ideas for Archie? Share them with the comments link below.

Feel free to let me know how your project goes!

Warmly,
Kevin

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