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Solar & Renewable Energy
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How do different sizes, angles, and temperature affect the voltage of the solar panel?
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The effects of water type, distilled or tap, and temperature on an hydrogen fuel cell efficiency
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Compare the burning time, heat output and carbon dioxide emission of ethanol, gasoline and diesel.
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Can algae be cultured to produce a bio-diesel fuel? Compare its characteristics as burn time and temperature to regular #2 diesel fuel?
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Could Galileo's Thermometer Be Adapted to Make a Simple Solar Water Pasteurization Indicator?
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Test Photovoltaic Cells vs. Solar Thermal Energy (Stirling Engines) Efficiency
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Build a geothermal power plant model.
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Which species of wood will produce the most thermal energy when combusted?
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Find out if solar energy can be used to help grow plants in cold weather.
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Find out if the temperature of the water used to cool the condensation plate of a homemade solar powered desalination device affects the amount of desalinated water produced.
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Temperature effects on the energy developed by a solar panel (photovoltaic cell)
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The Effect of Temperature on PEM Hydrogen Fuel Cell Efficiency
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Does temperature affect the performance of a fuel cell?
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Discover which shape of parabolic solar oven, between a trough and a cone, would reach a higher temperature quicker, and if insulation would make a difference in reaching higher temperatures
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How Does the Species of Wood Used in a Fire Affect the Resultant Temperature Produced?
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Solar Water Heaters & Collectors
Solar Appliances, Machines & Devices
Solar Cookers & Ovens
Solar Water Purification & Distillation
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Environmental Sciences
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Measure dissolved oxygen in water samples at different temperatures, and determine the saturating oxygen concentration for water samples at different temperatures.
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Find out if the ocean's temperature continues to increase, will its qualities such as pH, oxygen, density, and salinity hurt the ocean environment?
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Test landscaping materials to determine what materials could cool down our planet.
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Build two solar hot boxes and conduct solar thermal experiments that demonstrate the greenhouse effect.
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Determine the effect of temperature on the formation of trihalomethanes (THM) and determine an effective method of THM removal using filters that were either hand-made or commercially processed.
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Does temperature affect the rate of soil nitrification and denitrification?
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The Effect of Water Salinity and Temperature on Oil Spreading Rate
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Determine if increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would cause increases in temperature.
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What amount of carbon dioxide affects temperature change in the atmosphere?
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Find out if plants affect the a sealed box.
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Is there a relationship between the surface water temperature and salinity of a stream?
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Determine if different flow rates affect the dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and a stream.
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Compared warm temperatures (Gulf of Mexico) to freezing temperatures (Gulf of Alaska), trying to find which environment has the highest amount of oil loss with the use of oil-hungry bacteria that is a result of the degradation of the oil over a 6-day period.
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Global Warming / Greenhouse Effect
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Earth Sciences
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The Effect of Surface Area and Volume on the Temperature and pH in a Tide Pool
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Test the hypothesis that warmer seas make stronger hurricanes.
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Does Ocean Water Temperature Affect Its Viscosity Enough to Change Waves?
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Can we predict future temperatures using the number of sunspots?
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What amount of carbon dioxide affects temperature change in the atmosphere?
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Is the air the same the sun and in the shade?
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Investigate change in water temperature as a result of El Nino.
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Does Temperature Affect the Salt Formation in the Dead Sea?
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Meteorology
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Astronomy
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Which combination of materials are best for Mars temperatures?
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Quantify the trace chemical changes induced by ultrahigh temperatures and pressure in granite samples due to meteoritic impact.
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Explore the effect of the lunar phase on events on Earth - temperature and birth rates.
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The effects of the temperature of the universe on Black Holes as the universe ages.
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The Global Sun Temperature Project
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Electronics
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How long would it take for a semiconductor device to reach a dangerously high temperature of 200°C when soldered into a circuit?
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Make your own thermistor and pressure sensor.
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Find out which is affected greater by changes in temperature - fiber optic cable or copper wire?
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What Is the Effect of Temperature on the Output of Semiconductor Diodes?
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Build a Temperature Monitor
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Temperature Controlled Relays
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Build A Thermostat With Adjustable Hysteresis
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Build a Hot Water Level Indicator
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Genetics
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A global picture of differentially expressed transcripts in winter and spring wheat during cold acclimation
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Analysis of Low Temperature Regulated Genes in Wheat
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Ecology
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Do Cool Temperatures Impact the Parasitism Rate of Psyttalia humilis (parasitoid wasp)?
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Test if there is higher mortality of Pinyon Pines on steeper slopes and on hotter slopes (south aspect) during the last drought.
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Behavioral Sciences / Psychology
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How do moderately cold temperatures affect human physical and mental performance?
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Biochemistry
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Investigate enzyme kinetics, using catalase enzyme extracted from potatoes; enzyme activity function of temperature and enzyme concentration.
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Biochemical Analysis of the Mechanisms of Cold Tolerance in Citrus
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The Effect of Temperature on DNA Extraction
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Test the efficiency of lactase enzyme, with varying concentrations and temperatures of lactose.
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How Does Temperature Affect the Reaction Rate between Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide?
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How the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is affected by concentration of the enzyme, the pH of the reaction, temperature and inhibitors
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Forensic Science
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Measure the rate of heat loss from an orange (representing a body) and see how it depends on the temperature of the surroundings.
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Study the science of mummification by mummifying a hot dog using baking soda.
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Investigate how temperature affects the blue glow created by the chemical luminol.
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Maggot Mass Temperature and ADH (Accumulated Degree Hours)
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Engineering
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Find out if a bigger hot air balloon will go higher than a smaller one.
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Energy saving at home - the thermal envelope
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Which roofing material and color offers the best energy efficiency? Challange: a new roofing material that changes colour based on temperature?
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Find out if the colour of a house affects the temperature inside the house in different environments and which colour absorbs more or less heat.
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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.
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Quantifying the Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Violin Pitch
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Thermally Accelerated Vacuum Dryer: Method for Direct Extraction of Energy from Temperature Differences in Environment
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Investigate how the restoring force of a rubber band varies with temperature.
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How Is the Rate of Escape of Helium Molecules through a Semi-permeable Membrane Affected by Varying the Temperature?
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See which of a variety of materials that are commonly used in home construction acts as the better insulator against heat.
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Out of the Three Materials, Fiber Glass, Rock Wool, or Insulation Foam, Which Works as the Best Housing Insulator?
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Determine which type of insulation will keep a house at room temperature during extreme weather: fiberglass, cellulose, or foam.
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Does the Color of Your House Affect the Temperature Inside?
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Which material is best for hot air balloons: nylon or polyester?
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Will the balloon with hot air go higher than the one with cold air?
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Biotechnology
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Utilizing antisense ODN technology as a means for silencing starch biosynthetic genes in wheat
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Electricity
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Determine how the output of an LED flashlight changes over time as its temperature increases.
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Temperature and Electricity
Thermoelectricity
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Food Science
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Temperature Effects on Foods
Cooking & Baking
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Zoology
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Temperature Effects on Animals
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Microbiology
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Temperature Effects on Bacteria, Algae & Fungi
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Physics
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Heat & Thermodynamics
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Botany
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The influence of water, soil color, mulch, soil surface configuration on soil temperature
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Temperature Effect on Plants
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Chemistry
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Effect of Temperature on States of Matter and Material Properties
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Medicine
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The Effects of Temperature on the Human Body
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Computer Science
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Compare two generations of Intel microprocessors - Nehalem and Sandy Bridge - in regard to temperature, voltage and clock rate.
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The Effects of Temperature on the Human Body
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Temperature Interdisciplinary Topics
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Interdisciplinary Topic: Energy
Interdisciplinary Topic: Fire
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Future Science
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A window in which the tint can be adjusted to help save money and use less energy to regulate the office buildings, and even homes
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A filter that will heat landfill dioxins to high temperatures to destroy them
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): a crib will utilize sensors to monitor the infant’s heart rate, breathing, body temperature, pressure of the mattress and will alert the guardian if necessary.
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Useful Links
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