videoman1994

Hello science community. I recently have decided that I wish to conduct a lab on what happens when you are deprived of sleep. The reason I decided to do this is because on my ACT package(I got a 22, my reading was a 19, science 23, math 25, english 22) it said that I should consider doing an experiment to give me a better understanding? So I naturally thought of sleep, because many things like insomnia and the such are present in the world. How I will do it: I will most likely only do this once, but I may try to do it 3 times over the summer as according to the scientific method the more times you repeat it, the more accurate your data. Also this will be done with my cousin, as I have read some pieces of how people tend to lose their mind while deprived of sleep(much like when someone is high, for a more literal meaning) 1.) I will record in a composition notebook every 2-3hours of all my observations. I will also be blogging and vlogging during some of it. 2.) I will attempt to stay awake as long as I possibly can, using various guides to help me along the way. Goals/Data Management: I am looking to do a week straight, 7 days(24 hours) in total: 168 hours. When I have finished my experiment I will first off go to sleep, then I will go on to make a final report on the results, create data for what happened during the 7 days, give links to all my blogs and vlogs(if I don't link it before hand), and give a conclusion of what happened, contrary to what I think will happen. Definitions: "Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles.[1] It is distinguished from quiet wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but it is more easily reversible than hibernation or coma." -Wikipedia.com Other: Now this may all sound dandy to me, it may not sound like it to you, if you could give me any suggestions as to go through with it, or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism I would very much appreciate it. Or if you think I should make a different approach to this. Or even tips to staying up, or things I could do! Or if you want to give me things I could read up on, on sleep, I would appreciate it once again.