Group 4 topics

[Gabyhdez]

Myth busters ideas!

[jessss]

look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MythBusters_episodes and replicate one that myth busters has already done

[flinquinnster]

The danger with using Mythbusters as a Group 4 topic is that Mythbusters sometimes doesn't really follow your typical experimental design. For example, some myths they do are 'normal' - so they have a hypothesis like schrapnel from explosion is most deadly close to the detonation point, and they can test that. Others, such as what they do in more 'psychological' tests, aren't really as rigorous (not enough trials, too many variables - though to their credit they often repeat experiments with better controlled variables after they realise they screwed up), so not that great for IB.

However, Mythbusters is just generally awesome, and that awesomeness is more than enough to give you at least one good idea for a Group 4 project. Read away, and try not to get too distracted by all the awesome stuff on that wiki link above!