Perform a titration, and calculate the concentration of an acid against a known concentration of an alkaline (or vice versa) using molar calculations. Any school should have the equipment to do this.
Science Project ideas?
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Ooh. that sounds pretty cool, and I passed the whole "high school" thing a few years back. Just got into Computer Science in college.DoPo said:
Can't imagine how it could be "too geeky" for a science project, though.
You could create the Schrodinger's cat experiment, all you need is a cat, a box, and some poison.
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Well, you'll have to sit there and explain to normal people how the different sorting algorithms work. Also, you'll have to touch upon things like complexity. It could actually work very well with some visual aid (animation, or at least some Power Point stuff) but I still think there would be people who'd be lost when you go beyond "you click on this thing". Imagine trying to explain to them how mergesort uses linear space or why O(n[sup]2[/sup]) on bubble sort is bad (and how it's actually good in some cases).frizzlebyte said:
My simplest science fair project was testing if light bulbs burn longer without oxygen inside the glass.
Basically i got some sealing jam jars an ran a couple wires into holes in their lids (sealing it with caulking) looped some fine copper wire between the two, and plugged it into a big ol' 6 volt battery. burn one strait, and light a candle in the other before you light it and it will show you that burning copper wire in a oxygen deprived environment will last longer than one in you usual jar o' air.
Its fairly simple and can be set up in a night.
Basically i got some sealing jam jars an ran a couple wires into holes in their lids (sealing it with caulking) looped some fine copper wire between the two, and plugged it into a big ol' 6 volt battery. burn one strait, and light a candle in the other before you light it and it will show you that burning copper wire in a oxygen deprived environment will last longer than one in you usual jar o' air.
Its fairly simple and can be set up in a night.
I'm liking this one because it's so simple. My dad is thinking of safer ways to light a fire. My original project was going to be to check if buying petrol for your car is more value for money when it's colder in the day, due to changing density of the petrol, but it didn't work because apparently the meters in the pumps account for the density.BRex21 said:
Here use this.
To demonstrate the idea of density you get a can of coke and a can of diet coke, drop both into a glass tank of water; because the coke is heavier (due to having actual sugar) than the diet coke (which has a minute amount of hyper concentrated artificial sweetener) and therefore the diet coke will float while the standard coke will sink.
They have the same volume but differing weights. Density = mass / Volume.
You explain this and the interplay of volume and mass in relation to the density of an object.
To demonstrate the idea of density you get a can of coke and a can of diet coke, drop both into a glass tank of water; because the coke is heavier (due to having actual sugar) than the diet coke (which has a minute amount of hyper concentrated artificial sweetener) and therefore the diet coke will float while the standard coke will sink.
They have the same volume but differing weights. Density = mass / Volume.
You explain this and the interplay of volume and mass in relation to the density of an object.
For my science project I tested the whole idea of "talking to plants helps them grow".
You will need:
3 - Small fishtanks
3 - Packets of seeds
1 - Bag of soil
1 - an audio device
1 - a system of delivering additional carbon dioxide (i cant remember what i used).
Set up 3 the three fish tanks as a mini garden to grow the plants.
The first will be the control, and the plants will just grow normally.
The second will have the audio device hooked up to the inside of it, playing an audiobook of some sort (simulating the talking)
The third will have the CO2 delivery system hooked up to it (simulating breathing on the plants)
Allow to grow. And you will find that the third fishtank grows the best.
You will need:
3 - Small fishtanks
3 - Packets of seeds
1 - Bag of soil
1 - an audio device
1 - a system of delivering additional carbon dioxide (i cant remember what i used).
Set up 3 the three fish tanks as a mini garden to grow the plants.
The first will be the control, and the plants will just grow normally.
The second will have the audio device hooked up to the inside of it, playing an audiobook of some sort (simulating the talking)
The third will have the CO2 delivery system hooked up to it (simulating breathing on the plants)
Allow to grow. And you will find that the third fishtank grows the best.
You could always do the classic extraction of DNA from your own cheek cells experiment. It's a very easy thing to do and there are protocols for it all over the net. All you really need is some detergent, a source of protease (a meat tenderiser or pineapple juice works well) and some alcohol (70-90% ethyl alcohol - you're school will surely have some of that available). It's a great way of demonstrating your understanding of the composition of cells and how DNA is packed into them.
I sometimes do it in my Kitchen when I'm bored.
I sometimes do it in my Kitchen when I'm bored.
The affect of a lit magnesium strip in aluminium oxide and iron oxide powder. Basiclly put the 2 oxides in a can add a mg strip and light it 
Other things
The affect of C02 on plants
light on plants (that is so easy and quick to do)
grow some mold
do something with lasers lasers are cool and with some detectors and polarised glass you could point out how to make a safe lock. you can do almost anything with lasers, i will leave you to looking up the lasers and polorised filters.
Other things
The affect of C02 on plants
light on plants (that is so easy and quick to do)
grow some mold
do something with lasers lasers are cool and with some detectors and polarised glass you could point out how to make a safe lock. you can do almost anything with lasers, i will leave you to looking up the lasers and polorised filters.
Also most fuel tanks are underground further mitigating the temperature change... Anyway, if you have any questions feel free to PM or quote me, this is far less depressing than most of the other posts i read on the escapist and i usually check in if i am bored for more than 7 minutes. BUT! I reserve the right to laugh that you are getting advice about science fair from a high school dropout.Fireprufe15 said:
