My school hosts Projects Day Competitions annually, to enhance our research skills and independence. It is compulsory for Lower Secondary students like me, and it is also computated in our results as part of a subject called Independent Studies. There are 9 categories to choose from in this Competition, each with different judging criteria. The categories cover most of the core subjects taught in school, ranging from Science to Art.
My group decided on Category 1: Experimental Research. This category is science-related, to create a hypothesis then prove it with an experiment. However, this experiment must either not have been performed before, or be unique among the related experiments performed before. Our project is entitled "Music for Animals". We want to find out the behavioural and psychological effects music have on animals, and use this to allow animal owners to change their animals' personality to suit their preferences, or to calm an aggressive and hyperactive animal down.
What makes our project unique, is that we will not use mammals. Many researchers have conducted this experiment on mammals and not other orders, not even birds. Furthermore, exotic pets like chameleons, macaws and tarantulas are getting very popular in countries like the U.S. and the U.K. (sadly, Singapore bans these). By using non-mammals (we would be using red-eared sliders and budgies), the information collected may apply for other animals of the same family, thus solving behaviour problems on a wider range of animals.
I hope that the animals will cooperate with us and make our project a success.
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