Science Fair. -_-

[PurplezArctic]

I'm back--for the time being--to ask a question.

I'm in complete desperation here... I'm in grade nine, and the science fair is in it's first stages where you must hand in basic information like your statements, hypothesis, logs, etc.

Problem is that I have no clue what I'm to do for the project..

So I'm asking if any of you would kindly suggest some interesting topics I could test. Preferably ones where there aren't too many variables and such.

As always, your help is appreciated :tongue2:, IC.


(Btw, good job with the site guys!)

[Thrax]

What do you mean "back?"

[Gate28]

Get a few plants, some pots, a handful of dirt, and a few different kinds of fertilizer. But one plant in a pot and put a different kind of fertilizer in each pot, leaving the one with only dirt in it as the control. Wait X days and take pics, and your done!

[primesuspect]

Whar did you go?

[airbornflght]

lol. A few 'plants'... I digress.

On a different note you could go the route I went with for my science project in ninth grade. Basically testing the efficacy of different insulating materials.

Basically what you need to do is select three (or four) different insulating materials. I chose fiberglass, shredded paper, and Styrofoam.

After that you make a hypothesis about which one will work best and why. Then comes the experiment. What I did was get an empty coffee can, a digital cooking thermometer with a 4' lead, a baby food jar with lid, and my insulating materials.

What I did was to put the same amount of insulating material in the bottom of the coffee can each time, then place a the baby food jar with very had water in. Then fill in insulating material around the jar. Then insert the probe into the jar (you'll need to poke a hole in the lid) then place the same amount of material on top of the jar.

The reason for the same amount of material is to keep the experiment as tightly controlled as possible. Anyway. Once you do this place the coffee can in a deep freeze (chest freezer works best) with the lead for the cooking thermometer ran out and the thermometer on the outside of the freezer so you don't open the freezer while the experiment is in progress.

Anyway. The idea is to take a temperature reading every 15 or 30 minutes (you decide on interval, just be consistent. But beware I think the styrofoam was in for 6+ hours) and keep taking readings until the water cools to a certain temperature. Say 0* C.

Anyway. If you throw all this data into excel you can easily make a line graph showing the rate of change and overall efficiency of the materials. And if you wanted to take it one step further you could calculate the coefficient of insulation, rate of change in joules per hour, and all that good stuff. But I realize this is outside the scope of the project since you are a ninth grader. But don't worry, I didn't do it either. But then again I didn't know that cool stuff existed in ninth grade, the math really isn't too complex and I'm sure one of your parents could help you. It would definitely impress your teacher.

Anyway, just my thought. It's a relatively simple and very impressive experiment for a ninth grader to undertake. But there is a considerable time commitment for the experiment in terms of total time and also spending time getting a recording the data on interval. Let me know if you decide to do this, if so I can give you a few more pointers.

[Winfrey]

Make a social experiment where you pretend to leave Icrontic and then come back for advice for a science project.

[DrLiam]

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

[MrBill]

What do you mean "for the time being"?

[Lincoln]

Hi Purplez, where you been? :p
Make a social experiment where you pretend to leave Icrontic and then come back for advice for a science project.
I see what you did there and I approve.

[tmh88]

You should create a project on the effects of trolling. I suggest starting by going to 4chan.

[Thrax]

Skip 4chan, I'll learn you some trollin'.

[PurplezArctic]

Mmk, so brain stimulation is kinda at the minimal, thanks to those who actually contributed something useful.

I anticipated the sarcasm, so making me laugh is worth thanks, I suppose. lol..

[Invisible Muffin]

Study "The effects of online gaming on the completion of science fair projects"
Film yourself playing an online game and half-finish your conclusion.