Auk Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hi: I was wondering if anybody has any ideas for a science fair project. I am interested in every feild of science. Time is running out, im under a lot of stress and I have no good ideas. Plz help Thank-you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 How about an experiment to study the effects of withdrawl from drugs on animals. Such as caffeine on fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 isnt that mildly cruel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 isnt that mildly cruel? Only if you have morals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 i see, i see. so if one lacked morals it would be much worse. it is a lose-lose situation for the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 i see, i see. so if one lacked morals it would be much worse. it is a lose-lose situation for the fish I suppose so, then Id suggest using small quick to die fish, to lessen the sadness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 could be happy for the fish depending on what you use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakdos Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 do a nuclear-boy-esque idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Why not build a simple Crystal set radio, and then explain how and why it works I won a local fair for that one when I was 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 well what kind of age are you, what materials can you get, how much money can you spend??? not intruding privacy, but if you are an adult, putting on a display for university kids and you have a major university's funding behind you, i would usggest something different to it if you were a 13 year old kid, doing something for the local primary school's fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 "isnt that mildly cruel?" Hey, I think I see the angry activists already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auk Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 Im 15 and I can spend 100 bucks. Its for a provincial science fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Try to get 200 bucks and then build a tesla coil. Or for a few bucks you could build a flyback driver. Or for no money at all you could build a coil gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I'm trying to think of something involving some kind of maths, but I'm failing horribly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 you could make an electric generator powered by your body heat. all you really need to do is heat water in an airtight container then close it while it is very hot and seal it. the container should have been modified to have a turbine-like thingy connected to a magnet with a coil of wire around it. the lowered pressure lowers the boiling point of the water. hold the container and the water will boil which turns the turbine-like thingy. turbine-like thingy creates electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 "Try to get 200 bucks and then build a tesla coil." I thought the one YT made cost like £5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 building a tesla coil would be a great idea and you could certainly do it for 100 bucks... there's a whole thread on em over here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6037 so any questions feel free to ask. take into account safety though, if there are gonna be little kids running around, maybe this is not such a great idea. but for 15 years olds they are fine... assuming you follow advice and are sensible and very precaucious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auk Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 Thx for the ideas keep it up and the whole class will be satisfied!!! Just Kidding. Hey Dave id love a progect about math . Thanks-y'all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I shall give it some more thought. Typically the math based ones usually have stuff to do with probability though (which is a bit boring ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silencer Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I hate my school's science fair. Your project has to have some kind of quantitive data that you can analyze. Just building something cool and explaining how it works won't even come close to getting you credit. I really want to do something with vortex rings, but I can't really think of a way to make it scientific method-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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