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Offers 47 experiments of varied difficulty on topics ranging from buoyancy to simple machines.
Science Fair Projects About the Properties of Matter: Using Marbles, Water, Ballons, and More
Sports Science Projects: The Physics of Balls in Motion
Forces and Motion Science Fair Projects: Using Water Balloons, Pulleys, and Other Stuff
Science Fair Success Using Newton's Laws of Motion
Light, Sound, and Waves Science Fair Projects: Using Sunglasses, Guitars, Cds, and Other Stuff
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Elementary School
- Grades
4,
5,
6
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Which nails can resist the most force?
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How much force is needed to pound nails into different kinds of wood?
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Build a water clock
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Investigate how the distance of stretch in a rubber band at rest relates to the distance the rubber band travels after being released.
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Figure out how to calculate gear ratios by putting the gears together.
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Build an efficient Archimedes screw pump, using commonly found materials.
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How changing the length of the effort arm of a lever effects the amount of effort it takes to lift an object.
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Find launch conditions to reliably propel the payload into the target area.
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Investigate the Motion of a Pendulum
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Use a playground see-saw to investigate how a simple machine works.
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How different surfaces would affect the velocity of a rolling object.
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What are catapults?
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The Effect of Bolt Mass vs. Depth of Penetration
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Make a model of an elevator, and an animation of how it works.
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Demonstrate how an elevator works through a series of pulleys
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Explores the hypothesis that stopping distance of a toy car in its ‘natural motion’ varies when it travels on different surfaces and incline plane
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How much energy is needed to bring a wheeled object up a ramp?
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Build a simple rocket engine you can build in your kitchen
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Trebuchet Catapult Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Pendulum Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Force, Motion & Energy Science Fair Projects and Experiments
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Middle School
- Grades
7,
8,
9
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Measure the force and the work required to lift the same load with different arrangements of pulleys.
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Determine which launch angle results in the greatest distance for a projectile.
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Build an accelerometer and use it to measure acceleration and gravity-induced reaction forces on a roller-coaster ride.
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Investigate Hooke's law and see how a spring can be used to weigh objects.
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How Do Varying Amplitudes, Weights, and Lengths Affect the Period of Motion of a Pendulum?
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The Distance a Trebuchet Catapult Can Throw Projectiles of Different Masses
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What Is the Optimal Release Angle for Shooting a Free Throw?
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See if it is possible to compute the velocity of a projectile by measuring its fall over a measured distance.
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Test how different size pilot holes affect torque required to advance screws into wood.
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How Does Center of Gravity Affect a Crane Design?
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Measuring Human Horsepower
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Build your own wind tunnel and demonstrate Bernoulli’s Principle
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The More Pulleys, The More Pull
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Discover the relationship between the amount of pressure put in the tank of an air cannon and the distance that the projectile flies.
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Measure how much torque in newton-centimeters was required to turn a lag screw in a block of wood as the diameter of the screw, the depth of the screw, or the size of a pilot hole was changed.
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Demonstrate Newton's Third Law of Motion by a rocket car with escaping air as the action force.
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Compare modern parachute performance to that of Leonardo da Vinci’s design
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Trebuchet Catapult Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Pendulum Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Force, Motion & Energy Science Fair Projects and Experiments
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