How Do Judges Evaluate Science Fair Projects on Electromagnets?

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In summary, the conversation discusses preparations for a science fair project about the factors affecting the strength of an electromagnet. The speaker is nervous about potential questions from judges and asks for practice questions. They list the four factors used in their experiment and their process of testing them. The conversation ends with the speaker revealing their high school grade level. Potential questions for the project could include where they obtained materials, why they hypothesized certain changes to affect the strength, and which variable had the greatest impact.
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The science fair is coming and I am nervous at what kind of questions the judges are going to ask. Can you guys ask me some questions you think they might ask?

I am basically done with my science fair project about which factor affects the strength of an electromagnet the most. The 4 factors I used are number of coils, voltage of power source, diameter of core, and thickness of the wire. I basically just started with one factor and did experiments with that and moved on to the next one.


I am in high school.


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Question number 1: where did you get the materials from? :biggrin:
 
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2. Why do you hypothezise that changing any of these variables (wire diameter, voltage, etc) will increase or decrease the strength of the electromagnet?
3. Changing which variable has the greatest effect on its strength? Why?
 

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