Science project Definition and 112 Threads

science fair project help please! i'm doing a science fair project on magnets and metals and why they attract. I've already tried googling for a good description of why magnets and metals attract, but none of the answers that popped up were good enough. they do not explain very well the process...

Science fair is being held soon, 2-3 months I believe. Anyways, the school mandates that you participate if you are currently enrolled in a science class...I am not, I've attained all my science credits. Although I am not too happy since I really wanted to take Physics this year but I might have...

Hi, I just joined this forum a few minutes ago because I'm thinking of joining my high school science research program to research string theory. For those of you who don't know about the programs, basically you research something for three years and then you enter it in the Intel Talent...

Homework Statement So in my school, the three AP science concentrations (Bio, Chem and Physics) are teaming together in groups to answer a question about water and it's relationship to life. So our team is doing this question: By changing the ratio between distilled water and the pollutant...

Two containers are connected, divided by a selectively permeable membrane. The continer on the left contains pure water. The container on the right contains water and a negatively charged solute. The container on the right is angeled vertically so that when the water diffuses across the membrane...

Homework Statement We shattered a wineglass using resonance. We also filmed the radius distortions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcXf906wPw&feature=channel_page We also filmed it shattering here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45agipT91Vw&feature=channel How do we measure how...

I strongly suspect that this forum is absolute overkill for my question, and in fact, I would be just as happy to be referred to a more appropriate forum, since I was unable to locate one on my own. My son is in 8th grade and has decided to create an arch damn for his Science project. He is...

I need some ideas for my project. I'm really new to quantum physics. I did a project about the Bohr's theory for the school's science fair (just ended this week). It was about proving the Bohr's theory, the Rydberg constant, and test the Bohr's theory availability to explain the spectrum of...

So I have been straining my mind for a science fair idea since august and have just now came up with a good idea. I was planning on studying the effects of addiction in mice. My idea is to get 9 mice and place them into 3 different cages and assign them each different numbers, A1 B1 C1, ect. I...

Homework Statement In my last year in this step of my education I'm going to construct a project based on the subjects of physics and mathematics. Homework Equations So I was wondering if you had any ideas to an exciting and maybe even bit difficult subject to work with. I don't care if...

If you didn't know before; I would like to be an astrobiologist when I grow up. I plan to go to college for a degree in a fundamental science, and then apply to Ames University to pursue astrobiology. Due to this reason, I have been reading into astrobiology. I am currently through a book...

Hi...can anyone help out explain the relationship of diameter to velocity of air flow thru a tube for the following science experiment. A photo is attached. The question they are trying to answer thru the attached experiment is: Does the diameter of the tube affect how high a ping pong ball...

Hello. My sister is going to participating in the science fair, and apparently my mom would like me to get a great concept for her to use (she wants to go to an elite university and she needs this on the resume). It is only for 9th graders, so I figure that PF can think of better ideas than...

Recall in Star Trek the next generation and of the new series, they use replicators and holodecks. Many science degrees work hard in all fields of knowledge. In the future technology will mature and that kind of science may be real. How do you think society will react this scientific...

Trying to figure out a formula for the amount of teeth and amount of gears for a pound of force delivered.

Hello my name is Aaron! I am a high school senior from northeastern Kentucky designing a pneumatic system of sorts for a science competition and need some help. I will be building a device that converts gravitational potential energy, from a falling mass, into air pressure (or possibly the...

Could I get hired with a B.S. in Computer Science degree that doesn't require any calculus based probability or statistics courses? It requires through Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra but no other mathematics courses besides Discrete Math. Here is the core of the program besides the...

Is it possible to make a magnet that slides down a pole with no friction? The magnet would be a cylinder, the exterior would be N and the interior S. It would slide down the S end of a magnetized pole. That way the the pole would push equally on the sides of the interior of the cylinder. This is...

This probably sounds a bit silly for some people, but the truth is that it is affecting me. The situation is this: I am in what it the equivalent to a major physics degree program in my country ( I am also majoring in computational sciences). Lately, mostly because I found profoundly...

New digital map reveals stunning hidden archaeology of Stonehenge http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909192134.htm Ground penetrating radar and remote sensing technology have been around for decades, and have gotten much better.

So, I'm interested in using my knowledge of elementary linear algebra (I can do projections, rotations, diagonalization, find eigenvalues/states/vectors, and a couple of other things) to learn other things based off of it. Is there an 'advanced linear algebra' sort of class? My institution...

I'm in high school and I have a science project, I must test for carbon without testing gas emissions using the following materials. 1.) Take the center carbon rod out of a heavy duty battery and scrape some of the powder off/ or use it directly. 2.) Create a chemical test and/or process...

I currently have a job extracting and manipulating data from a database using various 4th gen database programming languages. I love number crunching and programming and I want to do this as a career. I want to do some sort of stats course which is designed for people from various disciplines...

I am working on a high school science fair project and I wanted to study sonoluminescence. I am having trouble with the setup and I am not sure what kind of stuff I need. I've been referring to websites and papers such as: http://dave.ucsc.edu/physics195/thesis_2010/mccluney_thesis.pdf...

Background: I completed my undergraduate degree in physics, from a reputed liberal arts college, a couple of years ago, and wrote a capstone senior thesis on experimental condensed matter project. Along the way, I took plenty of match classes, falling only one class short of a math major. My...

Hey, this is my first post on physicsforum but I've read a lot on this website and the people here seem really insightful so I thought I would give it a try. I have a delimma, I'm in my last year of high school and am deciding which major to go into at the university of Alberta up here in...

This old blog entry is being reposted here for archival purposes because the blog system is being removed. TabletPCs for Science and Science Teaching (Message originally posted by robphy on May20-06 at 06:45 PM.) Although the http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/default.mspx (see...

Hey folks! I'm new here, and am currently attending DeVry University. (Bear with me here!) I have read through tons of posts around here which looks to be a DeVry rep posing as an interested user making claims about how great the school is, and quickly following are people exposing them for...

Hi everyone, I am about to enter a local Science Fair and my project revolves around creating plasma in a microwave. This is a great experiment, all you do is stick a lighted match in a cork, (or something to hold the match in place) put it in the microwave with a glass beaker over the match...

I'm about to start my second year of college, and I'm very conflicted and confused about I want my major and career path to be. This is partly because I'm interested in multiple fields (physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, I could keep going)...

i had this science project in school on black holes and i came an article stating we live in a black hole theory link -----> http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419827/why-our-universe-must-have-been-born-inside-a-black-hole/ so i was thinking that if our universe is made up inside a black...

Dear all, I am currently a physics PhD student and will finish my PhD at a quite respectable university (top 25 in world rankings) soon. Therefore I have to think about my plans for after my PhD. And here comes the difficulty. I don’t really know what I should do (actually I really don't...

Hey guys, i am an industrial engineering student from India studying in one of the top 5 colleges down here (NIT only next to IIT's). I am applying for 2015. and i have selected few schools as of now. I just wanted to make sure is the list i have is "okay" My profile as of now - 1...

Hey all! I am currently doing a computer science project for a scientific collaboration at an REU this summer. I am a physics student and I plan to be a researcher one day. I really do not want to continue this project for two main reasons: I simply do not know the computer science...

The science fair is after 1-2 months but I should submit a report not exceeding 300 words what I will do in the project tomorrow morning to my teacher. Now it's 10pm. Please give me ideas as soon as possible(Before 30min from now)

Cheers guys We were given a science project to preserve the following using only household items for 5 dats...Chemicals may not be used as well as any external power source like an outlet: Bread Milk and a mystery item which would be presented to us on the day. One of our teammates...

This has been bugging me for a year or so - sorry if this is off topic, but would anyone on the forum be able to name a book on atomic physics I read as a child? It was a non-fiction, illustrated picture book I read as in the late 70's or very early 80's, giving the history of atomic science...

I have a graduate admissions question for anyone who might have been part of a graduate admissions committee. How do you view undergraduate research projects that are not cutting edge or particularly interesting? My project is on the effect of ball milling on production of a bulk high-Tc...

Over the summer, to go into Chem I Honors, students at my school have to complete a science fair project. I had decided to do something with bridge structure, and nobody- not my adviser or my teacher- told me what a terrible idea i had. I originally had planned to make mini models with actual...

I haven't made my official major change yet, but I want some advice. So I transferred from a local community college to go into Electrical Engineering. I went into it, and I sucked at "hands on" activities in EE. Building circuits just didn't seem like my thing. I mainly went into Electrical...

Hey PF, I want to precipitate ISEF (The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) this year, there's an idea that came up in my mind during studying MagLev trains in physics, since high speeds are achieved in MagLev trains due to the elimination of friction, what if air pressure was...

Hey PF, I want to precipitate ISEF (The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) this year, there's an idea that came up in my mind during studying MagLev trains in physics, since high speeds are achieved in MagLev trains due to the elimination of friction, what if air pressure was...

Okay, so i study in this college where ALMOST everybody doesn't or wants to seem like they don't give a damn about science... except me and an estimated 30 people! So basically in my class of 50 or so there are 8 people GENUINELY interested in participating in anything close to science...

After this summer I'm starting my 11th grade. I would like to study physics at a top university (UK or US). But at the moment, I don't have any physics or mathematics olympiad prize. Do I need an International Olympiad to go to a top university? I'm confident my baccalaureate grade...

Hello all, I am a grad student in materials science. As part of a research project, I need to measure/detect the velocity of a water saturation front moving through polymers (a few materials, most fluoro/perfluoropolymers). The ultimate goal of the project is to determine the permeability of...

Hi all. I will be graduating next year and wanted some of your input. I will receive a B.S. In applied physics and mathematics from University of Miami, hopefully summa cum laude (>3.9 GPA). I also have coursework in chemistry (through organic 2 and physical chemistry 2) and biology (through...

I've certainly hear and read tons of stuff that is not only less than top notch science, but also seems to answer the wrong questions. What I am specifically interested in are scientific cases presented - not for how much damage we are experiencing or will experience - but what good it would...

I am confused while prioritize things in my life I am a third year student branch Computer Science and Engineering. I like coding too much. As my third year is on the verge of end so I want to ready myself for placements. Before asking my question let me first rate my skills-...

Hi PF members, I'm writing code for OpenWorm this summer. Our goal is to simulate the entire worm C. elegans for the purposes of testing biophysical models at the level of single cells, of systems of cells, and of interaction with the worm's environment. Our current focus is on the nervous...

I realize I'm lucky to have a government job in science right now, but I want to see if something better is out there. Are the experiences I've listed below common in all work places, or just at mine? If you have a better experience, what industry do you work in, so I know where to apply...