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Elementary School
- Grades
4,
5,
6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Figure out if the flex of a hockey stick makes a shot faster or more accurate.
[P]
[P]
Investigate the effect of speed on the distance and height of the skateboarding trick "the ollie."
[E]
Does It Matter How Much Air Is in Your Basketball?
[E]
Determining Your Speediest Shoes
[E]
Can a Breyers Ice cream lid be used as a real frisbee?
[P]
Test if air pressure will affect the dynamics of ball bouncing.
[E]
Determine whether "corked" baseball bats make the ball travel farther than unaltered wooden bats.
[E]
How to measure speed and to compare the speeds of athletes in different sporting events.
[E]
Is wearing a swimsuit improve your swimming performance?
[E]
Determine if the rotation speed of a football affects its drag.
[E]
See whether or not the stitching of a soccer ball affects how far the ball travels.
[E]
Does a swim cap reduce drag and help a swimmer swim faster through the water?
[P]
What makes a good football throw?
[P]
See if golf balls really need dimples to travel a greater distance.
[E]
How Does Shooting a Soccer Ball at a Target with Different Angles and Spin Affect Its Trajectory?
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Middle School
- Grades
7,
8,
9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Hockey
Investigation of Absorbing Impact Forces in a Hockey Helmet
[P]
[P]
How Does Hockey Stick Flex Affect Accuracy and Speed?
[E]
Improving the Modern Hockey Stick
[P]
Which is the best roller hockey wheel for player performance?
[E]
Skateboarding
Determine if the outside diameter of a longboard's wheel affects the speed of a longboard moving down a hill.
[E]
Which skateboard wheels are best for speed and maneuverability?
[E]
Determine which mountainboard tire pressure provides the best speed and control.
[E]
How the Materials of Bushings Affect a Skateboard's Turning Performance
[E]
Cycling
Which gear ratio setting on a bicycle will result in the highest speed?
[E]
Comparing Bicycle Helmets' Ability To Absorb Crash Impact
[P]
Determining the Fastest Gear Set-Up on a Single Speed BMX Bike around a Designated Course
[E]
Swimming
How the Swimsuit Impacts the Speed of Swim
[E]
Polyester vs. Nylon: Which Material Is Best for Swimsuits?
[E]
Tennis
Test different tennis court surfaces and relate it to the impact it will have on potential knee injuries.
[P]
[P]
Determine how well commercial tennis racket shock absorbers work.
[E]
The possible connection between the elasticity of tennis string and it's ability to put spin on a ball
[E]
Basketball
Learn if extreme climatic temperature changes would affect the bounce height and pressure of basketballs and if a recycled ball would perform as well as a synthetic or rubber basketball.
[E]
Learn if the presence or absence of the basketball net affects free throw accuracy.
[E]
Soccer
Determine whether a soccer ball's roll length varied on artificial Turf versus natural grass.
[E]
Testing how useful soccer head protection is and which type is the most effective.
[E]
Determining the Optimum Air Pressure for a Soccer Ball
[E]
Determine if protective padding, known as headgear,could absorb the level of G force impacts in soccer which commonly result in concussions.
[E]
Baseball
Coefficient of Restitution (COR): A Comparison of Major League and Little League Baseballs
[E]
Determine whether cork, sawdust, or sponge, when illegally used as fillers in hollowed-out wooden baseball bats, will cause a baseball to travel farther upon impact compared to a heavier, solid wooden bat.
[E]
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Compare Rawlings and Diamond brand Little League Competition Grade Baseballs for consistency in their performance, size and weight.
[E]
Find out if altitude, temperature, and average humidity have an effect on the number of home runs hit at Major League Baseball parks.
[E]
Surfing
Why Are Polyurethane and Expanded Polystyrene Preferred over Other Types of Foams for Surfboard Cores?
[E]
Football
Which area of a football, when kicked with a pendulum, will cause the football to travel the furthest distance.
[E]
The Effect of Football Helmet Padding Pressure on the Effect of Force of Impact
[P]
Golf
Determine how club head velocity affects shot distance.
[E]
The Development of the Gyroscopic Putter
[P]
Test whether you can increase the distance and/or accuracy of your drives by switching to a different golf ball.
[E]
Test whether an asymmetric dimple pattern on golf balls can produce straighter flight.
[E]
How Does Tee Height Affect Driving Distance?
[E]
Does Altitude Affect the Height of the Bounce of a Golf Ball?
[P]
The Effects a 10 Degree Titanium Driver Has on a Titleist Pro V1 Golf Ball at Impact
[E]
Determine if the composition of a golf ball affects how far the ball travels (its aerodynamics).
[E]
[E]
[E]
Discovering which golf ball spins the most after being hit from a 50-60 yd chip shot.
[E]
Paintball
The Effect of Barrel Lengths on Paintball Accuracy
[E]
[E]
The Effect of Applied Temperature on the Accuracy of a 0.68 Paintball Projectile
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Determine if temperature affects the accuracy of a paintball shot.
[E]
Airsoft Gun
The Effect of Lubricants on Airsoft Gun Accuracy
[E]
Lacrosse
Does Barometric Pressure Affect the Velocity of a Lacrosse Ball?
[E]
Softball
Test which length of plank will launch a softball the farthest.
[P]
Table Tennis
Invenstigate forces that act upon a table tennis ball in motion and create a simulation in C++
[P]
Fishing
Determine whether a diver would see better fish with a rebreather or with open circuit scuba?
[E]
Comparing the Strength of Different Types of Fishing Line
[P]
Find out which out of three fishing poles will cast a weight the farthest.
[E]
How Can Temperature, Weight and Stress Strengthen or Weaken a Standard Fishing Line and How Long It Takes to Break?
[E]
[E]
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High School
- Grades
10,
11,
12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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A Study of the Double Fisherman's Knot Efficiency
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Paintball Ballistics
[E]
Compare the hitting power and "sweet spots" of wood versus aluminum baseball bats.
[E]
Find whether air resistance affects the trajectory of a tennis ball.
[E]
The Effect of Varied Tennis String Tension on the Coefficient of Restitution
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Estimate the relative amount of strain put on the patellar tendon by various bending angles of the knee joint.
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Build an Isodynamic Spring Resistance System
[E]
Study the effect of aerodynamics on speed in speed skiing.
[E]
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Engineering Resources
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Aviation Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Engineering Science Fair Books
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