What is Science project: Definition and 112 Discussions

A science project is an educational activity for students involving experiments or construction of models in one of the science disciplines. Students may present their science project at a science fair, so they may also call it a science fair project. Science projects may be classified into four main types. Science projects are done by students worldwide.

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  1. V

    Why Do Magnets Attract Certain Metals?

    science fair project help please! i'm doing a science fair project on magnets and metals and why they attract. I've already tried googling for a good description of why magnets and metals attract, but none of the answers that popped up were good enough. they do not explain very well the process...
  2. H

    Can a Modified Sound Card Measure the Speed of Light?

    Science fair is being held soon, 2-3 months I believe. Anyways, the school mandates that you participate if you are currently enrolled in a science class...I am not, I've attained all my science credits. Although I am not too happy since I really wanted to take Physics this year but I might have...
  3. M

    Is a string theory science project feasible in highschool?

    Hi, I just joined this forum a few minutes ago because I'm thinking of joining my high school science research program to research string theory. For those of you who don't know about the programs, basically you research something for three years and then you enter it in the Intel Talent...
  4. Z

    Exploring the Physics of Water and Pollutant Compounds on Pea Plant Production

    Homework Statement So in my school, the three AP science concentrations (Bio, Chem and Physics) are teaming together in groups to answer a question about water and it's relationship to life. So our team is doing this question: By changing the ratio between distilled water and the pollutant...
  5. M

    Science Fair Project: Diffusing Water Through a Magnet

    Two containers are connected, divided by a selectively permeable membrane. The continer on the left contains pure water. The container on the right contains water and a negatively charged solute. The container on the right is angeled vertically so that when the water diffuses across the membrane...
  6. D

    How Can You Measure Radius Distortion in a Shattered Wineglass Using Resonance?

    Homework Statement We shattered a wineglass using resonance. We also filmed the radius distortions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcXf906wPw&feature=channel_page We also filmed it shattering here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45agipT91Vw&feature=channel How do we measure how...
  7. S

    Feasibility of My Son's Science Project?

    I strongly suspect that this forum is absolute overkill for my question, and in fact, I would be just as happy to be referred to a more appropriate forum, since I was unable to locate one on my own. My son is in 8th grade and has decided to create an arch damn for his Science project. He is...
  8. M

    Advice needed for science project.

    I need some ideas for my project. I'm really new to quantum physics. I did a project about the Bohr's theory for the school's science fair (just ended this week). It was about proving the Bohr's theory, the Rydberg constant, and test the Bohr's theory availability to explain the spectrum of...
  9. T

    Medical Is Animal Experimentation for Science Fair Projects Ethical and Effective?

    So I have been straining my mind for a science fair idea since august and have just now came up with a good idea. I was planning on studying the effects of addiction in mice. My idea is to get 9 mice and place them into 3 different cages and assign them each different numbers, A1 B1 C1, ect. I...
  10. M

    Science project in math and physics

    Homework Statement In my last year in this step of my education I'm going to construct a project based on the subjects of physics and mathematics. Homework Equations So I was wondering if you had any ideas to an exciting and maybe even bit difficult subject to work with. I don't care if...
  11. Eraniamayomii

    Can I Create a Self-Regulating Biosphere in My Room?

    If you didn't know before; I would like to be an astrobiologist when I grow up. I plan to go to college for a degree in a fundamental science, and then apply to Ames University to pursue astrobiology. Due to this reason, I have been reading into astrobiology. I am currently through a book...
  12. T

    Velocity of air thru a tube - 4th grade science fair project

    Hi...can anyone help out explain the relationship of diameter to velocity of air flow thru a tube for the following science experiment. A photo is attached. The question they are trying to answer thru the attached experiment is: Does the diameter of the tube affect how high a ping pong ball...
  13. Math Jeans

    Science Fair Project Ideas for 9th Graders

    Hello. My sister is going to participating in the science fair, and apparently my mom would like me to get a great concept for her to use (she wants to go to an elite university and she needs this on the resume). It is only for 9th graders, so I figure that PF can think of better ideas than...
  14. C

    Will Future Technologies Like Replicators and Holodecks Change Society?

    Recall in Star Trek the next generation and of the new series, they use replicators and holodecks. Many science degrees work hard in all fields of knowledge. In the future technology will mature and that kind of science may be real. How do you think society will react this scientific...
  15. W

    Well Im on a science project ( NOT HOMEWORK)

    Trying to figure out a formula for the amount of teeth and amount of gears for a pound of force delivered.
  16. ahoback

    Aaron's Gravitational Potential Energy to Launch Projectile Science Competition

    Hello my name is Aaron! I am a high school senior from northeastern Kentucky designing a pneumatic system of sorts for a science competition and need some help. I will be building a device that converts gravitational potential energy, from a falling mass, into air pressure (or possibly the...
  17. R

    Programs Computer Science Degree w/out Probability & Statistics Required

    Could I get hired with a B.S. in Computer Science degree that doesn't require any calculus based probability or statistics courses? It requires through Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra but no other mathematics courses besides Discrete Math. Here is the core of the program besides the...
  18. R

    Physics project help -- magnetism

    Is it possible to make a magnet that slides down a pole with no friction? The magnet would be a cylinder, the exterior would be N and the interior S. It would slide down the S end of a magnetized pole. That way the the pole would push equally on the sides of the interior of the cylinder. This is...
  19. P

    Overcoming Discouragement in Physics: Advice Needed

    This probably sounds a bit silly for some people, but the truth is that it is affecting me. The situation is this: I am in what it the equivalent to a major physics degree program in my country ( I am also majoring in computational sciences). Lately, mostly because I found profoundly...
  20. Astronuc

    Durrington Walls and Stonehenge

    New digital map reveals stunning hidden archaeology of Stonehenge http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909192134.htm Ground penetrating radar and remote sensing technology have been around for decades, and have gotten much better.
  21. M

    Learning Matrix Mechanics (and other Appl. of Linear Algebra)

    So, I'm interested in using my knowledge of elementary linear algebra (I can do projections, rotations, diagonalization, find eigenvalues/states/vectors, and a couple of other things) to learn other things based off of it. Is there an 'advanced linear algebra' sort of class? My institution...
  22. A

    How to detect simple carbon structures

    I'm in high school and I have a science project, I must test for carbon without testing gas emissions using the following materials. 1.) Take the center carbon rod out of a heavy duty battery and scrape some of the powder off/ or use it directly. 2.) Create a chemical test and/or process...
  23. R

    From Facilities Management to Finance?

    I currently have a job extracting and manipulating data from a database using various 4th gen database programming languages. I love number crunching and programming and I want to do this as a career. I want to do some sort of stats course which is designed for people from various disciplines...
  24. N

    What equipment do I need to set up a sonoluminescence experiment?

    I am working on a high school science fair project and I wanted to study sonoluminescence. I am having trouble with the setup and I am not sure what kind of stuff I need. I've been referring to websites and papers such as: http://dave.ucsc.edu/physics195/thesis_2010/mccluney_thesis.pdf...
  25. S

    Should I Pursue a PhD in Physics or Switch to Applied Math?

    Background: I completed my undergraduate degree in physics, from a reputed liberal arts college, a couple of years ago, and wrote a capstone senior thesis on experimental condensed matter project. Along the way, I took plenty of match classes, falling only one class short of a math major. My...
  26. V

    Engineering Economics or Mechanical Engineering

    Hey, this is my first post on physicsforum but I've read a lot on this website and the people here seem really insightful so I thought I would give it a try. I have a delimma, I'm in my last year of high school and am deciding which major to go into at the university of Alberta up here in...
  27. robphy

    TabletPCs for Science and Science Teaching [blog entry from 2006]

    This old blog entry is being reposted here for archival purposes because the blog system is being removed. TabletPCs for Science and Science Teaching (Message originally posted by robphy on May20-06 at 06:45 PM.) Although the http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/default.mspx (see...
  28. G

    New DeVry Student: Exploring Opportunities After Graduation

    Hey folks! I'm new here, and am currently attending DeVry University. (Bear with me here!) I have read through tons of posts around here which looks to be a DeVry rep posing as an interested user making claims about how great the school is, and quickly following are people exposing them for...
  29. Physicist50

    What Causes the Formation of Plasma in a Microwave?

    Hi everyone, I am about to enter a local Science Fair and my project revolves around creating plasma in a microwave. This is a great experiment, all you do is stick a lighted match in a cork, (or something to hold the match in place) put it in the microwave with a glass beaker over the match...
  30. H

    Engineering Science-Engineering Career Choice

    I'm about to start my second year of college, and I'm very conflicted and confused about I want my major and career path to be. This is partly because I'm interested in multiple fields (physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, I could keep going)...
  31. D

    Do we live in a black hole(or an white hole)

    i had this science project in school on black holes and i came an article stating we live in a black hole theory link -----> http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419827/why-our-universe-must-have-been-born-inside-a-black-hole/ so i was thinking that if our universe is made up inside a black...
  32. E

    Career choices after a physics PhD?

    Dear all, I am currently a physics PhD student and will finish my PhD at a quite respectable university (top 25 in world rankings) soon. Therefore I have to think about my plans for after my PhD. And here comes the difficulty. I don’t really know what I should do (actually I really don't...
  33. S

    Schools Is NCSU within my reach? And other "safety schools"

    Hey guys, i am an industrial engineering student from India studying in one of the top 5 colleges down here (NIT only next to IIT's). I am applying for 2015. and i have selected few schools as of now. I just wanted to make sure is the list i have is "okay" My profile as of now - 1...
  34. F

    Currently doing undergraduate research, but on career path

    Hey all! I am currently doing a computer science project for a scientific collaboration at an REU this summer. I am a physics student and I plan to be a researcher one day. I really do not want to continue this project for two main reasons: I simply do not know the computer science...
  35. Govind_Balaji

    I need to do a project for science fair based on Newton's laws

    The science fair is after 1-2 months but I should submit a report not exceeding 300 words what I will do in the project tomorrow morning to my teacher. Now it's 10pm. Please give me ideas as soon as possible(Before 30min from now)
  36. R

    Preserving Milk with Household Items: A Scientific Approach

    Cheers guys We were given a science project to preserve the following using only household items for 5 dats...Chemicals may not be used as well as any external power source like an outlet: Bread Milk and a mystery item which would be presented to us on the day. One of our teammates...
  37. K

    Can anyone name this children's history of atomic science?

    This has been bugging me for a year or so - sorry if this is off topic, but would anyone on the forum be able to name a book on atomic physics I read as a child? It was a non-fiction, illustrated picture book I read as in the late 70's or very early 80's, giving the history of atomic science...
  38. M

    Admissions Will a poor undergraduate research topic affect graduate admission?

    I have a graduate admissions question for anyone who might have been part of a graduate admissions committee. How do you view undergraduate research projects that are not cutting edge or particularly interesting? My project is on the effect of ball milling on production of a bulk high-Tc...
  39. S

    I desperatley for science fair

    Over the summer, to go into Chem I Honors, students at my school have to complete a science fair project. I had decided to do something with bridge structure, and nobody- not my adviser or my teacher- told me what a terrible idea i had. I originally had planned to make mini models with actual...
  40. Y

    Engineering Switching from Electrical Engineering to Computer Science

    I haven't made my official major change yet, but I want some advice. So I transferred from a local community college to go into Electrical Engineering. I went into it, and I sucked at "hands on" activities in EE. Building circuits just didn't seem like my thing. I mainly went into Electrical...
  41. N

    Win ISEF: My MagLev Train Idea for Energy & Transportation

    Hey PF, I want to precipitate ISEF (The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) this year, there's an idea that came up in my mind during studying MagLev trains in physics, since high speeds are achieved in MagLev trains due to the elimination of friction, what if air pressure was...
  42. N

    Can MagLev Trains in Vacuum Tubes Revolutionize Future Transportation?

    Hey PF, I want to precipitate ISEF (The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) this year, there's an idea that came up in my mind during studying MagLev trains in physics, since high speeds are achieved in MagLev trains due to the elimination of friction, what if air pressure was...
  43. Curieuse

    How Can I Start an Engaging Science Club in a College Where Few Are Interested?

    Okay, so i study in this college where ALMOST everybody doesn't or wants to seem like they don't give a damn about science... except me and an estimated 30 people! So basically in my class of 50 or so there are 8 people GENUINELY interested in participating in anything close to science...
  44. The Eraser

    Schools International Olympiad = Top University ?

    After this summer I'm starting my 11th grade. I would like to study physics at a top university (UK or US). But at the moment, I don't have any physics or mathematics olympiad prize. Do I need an International Olympiad to go to a top university? I'm confident my baccalaureate grade...
  45. P

    Spectroscopy technique for detecting water saturation front in polymer

    Hello all, I am a grad student in materials science. As part of a research project, I need to measure/detect the velocity of a water saturation front moving through polymers (a few materials, most fluoro/perfluoropolymers). The ultimate goal of the project is to determine the permeability of...
  46. crador

    Do employers consider atypical experience?

    Hi all. I will be graduating next year and wanted some of your input. I will receive a B.S. In applied physics and mathematics from University of Miami, hopefully summa cum laude (>3.9 GPA). I also have coursework in chemistry (through organic 2 and physical chemistry 2) and biology (through...
  47. .Scott

    Can Reducing Carbon Emissions Have a Significant Impact on Sea Level Rise?

    I've certainly hear and read tons of stuff that is not only less than top notch science, but also seems to answer the wrong questions. What I am specifically interested in are scientific cases presented - not for how much damage we are experiencing or will experience - but what good it would...
  48. J

    Schools I am puzzled what to do before college placements?

    I am confused while prioritize things in my life I am a third year student branch Computer Science and Engineering. I like coding too much. As my third year is on the verge of end so I want to ready myself for placements. Before asking my question let me first rate my skills-...
  49. miraiw

    OpenWorm: The Secrets of C. elegans Through Open Science

    Hi PF members, I'm writing code for OpenWorm this summer. Our goal is to simulate the entire worm C. elegans for the purposes of testing biophysical models at the level of single cells, of systems of cells, and of interaction with the worm's environment. Our current focus is on the nervous...
  50. R

    Career complaining/alternatives

    I realize I'm lucky to have a government job in science right now, but I want to see if something better is out there. Are the experiences I've listed below common in all work places, or just at mine? If you have a better experience, what industry do you work in, so I know where to apply...
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