Behavioural Economics · Experiments
Run the ultimatum game with classmates
Let proposers split ten tokens and responders accept or reject, and compare the results with theory.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
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Psychology · Social Psychology
Investigate conformity with a classroom task
Test whether people change an estimate after seeing what others answered, with a full debrief.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Behavioural Economics + Psychology
Test the anchoring effect on price estimates
Show two groups a high or low number first and compare their estimates of an unrelated price.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Behavioural and Cognitive Science + Graphic and UI/UX Design
Test the usability of two apps or websites
Give five users the same three tasks on two competing apps and record time, errors and comments.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Behavioural and Cognitive Science + Teaching and Learning
Compare study techniques with a memory test
Test whether self-quizzing beats rereading for remembering a passage a week later.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Teaching and Learning · Lesson Experiments
Compare two ways of teaching the same lesson
Teach one topic by lecture to one group and by activity to another, and compare a quiz.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Astronomy and Space + Pure Mathematics
Measure the Earth's circumference like Eratosthenes
Measure a stick's shadow at local noon in two cities and calculate the size of the Earth.
- Intermediate
- 1 day
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Behavioural Economics
Analyse a simple game with game theory
Play repeated prisoner's dilemma with classmates and compare what they do with the theory.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Behavioural and Cognitive Science + Teaching and Learning
Test whether handwriting or typing helps note recall
Have two groups take notes on the same video by hand or by typing and test them later.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Nutrition and Food · Diet Studies
Investigate hydration and concentration
Compare attention test scores on days when volunteers drink water during class and days when they do not.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Cybersecurity · Digital Forensics
Recover deleted files from a test drive
Delete files on a spare USB drive, image it and see what can be recovered and why.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Psychology · Social Psychology
Compare first impressions from photographs
Show the same person dressed formally and casually and compare ratings of competence and friendliness.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Languages and Linguistics + Artificial Intelligence
Compare human and computer translation
Translate ten sentences yourself and with a free online tool and classify the differences.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Behavioural and Cognitive Science + Behavioural Economics
Study how choices change with the way they are presented
Give two groups the same choice worded as a gain or as a loss and compare what they pick.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Music, Theatre and Writing + Physics
Analyse the mathematics and physics of a musical scale
Measure the frequency of each note of a scale and find the ratios between them.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
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