Blog 5B: Science Fair Proposal

1. Topic: Horses

2. The problem behind my experiment is that children come in to the clinic unrelaxed and stressed out due to their everyday challenges and environments.

3. If a child's heart rate gets measured both before and after a hippotherapy session, then the child's heart rate will decrease due to the relaxation that the horse brings to the patient.

4. I will perform this experiment by selecting 22 individuals taking hippotherapy. From there, I will measure their heart rates before they get on the horse and after they have ridden the horse for a full hippotherapy session. If possible I will also measure their heart rates while on the horse. I will then evaluate and conclude my experiment. In doing this experiment, I hope to prove that a horse really does help in the therapy process by providing relaxation with the patients. I hope to prove that the patient's heart rate is greater before the hippotherapy session and the heart rate decreases after the hippotherapy session is complete.

5. Behavioral Science

Blog 9: Working EQ & Possible Answers

(1) My working EQ that I used in my 10 minute presentation was, "What are the benefits of equine assisted therapy?"
(2) I have decided to not revise my EQ at this time.
(3) Some possible answers for my EQ are:

• Equine assisted therapy can benefit the patient by improving their balance, posture, helping them sit up better, and even walking better.
• Equine assisted therapy is also beneficiary because it can combine three therapies into one. Hippotherapy can be a combination of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and even speech/language therapy.