PROJECTS 57 



4. From the weekly reports kept make a graph to show the 

 changes in your chest expansion during the ten-week period. 



Make a report explaining what exercises you have used, and in- 

 clude tables and graph. 



Have you experienced any ill effects or any beneficial effects from 

 this work? 



Note : If desired, actual lung capacity may be tested with a spirometer, 

 though the measurements suggested give satisfactory results. 



Project II. How TO SECURE PURE AIR IN MY BEDROOM. 



1. What methods are used in ventilating ? 



How do my friends ventilate their rooms, windows open at 

 top, at bottom, at both top and bottom; two windows open? 

 Open doors to help air circulation. Dust annoyance. Advan- 

 tage and disadvantage of thin muslin or cheesecloth windows. 

 Deflecting devices. Screens in room to deflect drafts. 



2. Need of fly and mosquito screening the entire length of win- 

 dow. 



3. Plan of room showing arrangement of essentials. 

 Indicate with arrows probable movement of air. 

 Effect of winds; direction of wind; no winds. 



4. Make a complete report of your investigation, illustrating with 

 diagrams, clippings, and pictures from papers and magazines. 



Give specifically best plan for ventilating your own bedroom. 



Project III. To PREPARE FOR LIFE SAVING WHERE ARTIFICIAL 



RESPIRATION MUST BE USED. 



1. You must qualify as a good swimmer. 



2. You must understand dangers from "live" electric wires, 

 and how to remove the shocked person from such wires. 



3. You must know how to rescue a person in water. 



4. You must be able to use the Shaefer method of artificial res- 

 piration. 



Reference: American Red Cross Abridged Textbook on First Aid, 

 Blakiston, or Boy Scout Manual. 



When you feel qualified for this work, write a report on what 

 you can do, and how you would act in case of accident requiring 

 artificial respiration. 



