Scicen Fair Help

ThatBluePerson · Post by **ThatBluePerson** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:25 am

Long read:

So we are doing Science Fair, we started like a month ago and I still don't have a topic. I'm the king of procrastination. Any who, currently I am in the 9th grade and my biology teacher expects lots of my class. So I really need a topic of my level that I can do that will at least win me 1st place. :shock:

The thing is first place winner is taking home a brand new iPhone or the equivalent amount of money if you don't want a phone. So I was wondering if you guys could give me some great science fair projects that are highly "rated-1st-rank" and that are my level of education. :|

Short read:
I need a good science fair project topic, difficulty level 9-12th grade. Any ideas that will win me 1st place? Prize of 1st place = iPhone or $399.00 cash.

Thank you.

ineedhelp · Post by **ineedhelp** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:27 am

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewforum.php?f=12

ThatBluePerson · Post by **ThatBluePerson** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:27 am

Oh my... I'm too used to going to general sro discussion... sorry can a mod please move. Thank you.

darkmaster21 · Post by **darkmaster21** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:28 am

ThatBluePerson wrote:Oh my... Im too used to going to general sro discsssion... sorry can a mod please move. Thank you.

lulz.

ineedhelp · Post by **ineedhelp** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:32 am

well at least u one of those ppl that do realise it instead of saying u dont give a shit

Matrixman__ · Post by **Matrixman__** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:52 am

http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/mill ... iment.html

a more likely 9th grade biology experiment would consist of growing multiple plants under different wavelengths of light to test the plants response to specific light wavelengths. you need to run plant growths under white light consisting of all light wavelengths you are testing as a control. to test the specific wavelengths, use LED lights are they can target a specific range of radiation. so red, blue, green and ultraviolet would be good tests. make sure the enviromenets of each are the same and water is exactly the same for every plant. also maybe run enviromental controls as well, so say temperature variation from one experiment room to the other, test both extremes of a likely temperature range on control plants to determine the possible environmental variable impact on ur experiment. there are many other factor involved in an experiment like this, but this is something to start with...

raysisfenix · Post by **raysisfenix** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:56 am

a topic that i did last year for my science fair project during my freshman year in high school:
Effects of Temperature on the Effectiveness of the Food Preservative.
What you do is take 2 pieces of normal bread withouth preservatives(calcium propionate) for control group,and 2 pieces of bread with preservative for experimental group. Put one of bread with preservative and one without in a plastic bag labeling them which is which in the fridge,
make a bag again with the two different type of breads and this time put it on top of the fridge. The point of this experiment is to determine which of the bread(the one with preservatives) would last the longest until the bread is completly filled up with bread mold.

ThatBluePerson · Post by **ThatBluePerson** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:11 am

raysisfenix wrote:a topic that i did last year for my science fair project during my freshman year in high school:
Effects of Temperature on the Effectiveness of the Food Preservative.
What you do is take 2 pieces of normal bread withouth preservatives(calcium propionate) for control group,and 2 pieces of bread with preservative for experimental group. Put one of bread with preservative and one without in a plastic bag labeling them which is which in the fridge,
make a bag again with the two different type of breads and this time put it on top of the fridge. The point of this experiment is to determine which of the bread(the one with preservatives) would last the longest until the bread is completly filled up with bread mold.

I kind of like this idea. Seems to simple though.

miladq88 · Post by **miladq88** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:57 am

not to familiar with scicen fairs care to explain?

nightbloom · Post by **nightbloom** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:09 am

A project I did with my daughter got her first place. We tested the intelligence of our local crows. They are very smart. I dont know if you have enough time tho to do this one cause you gotta train them to come to a certain place at a certain time to eat and that takes a week or so. But if you do it, you just gotta devise three ways to confuse the crows. We used squares of cheese tied to a string as bait. After a week, we put a paper cup over the cheese to see if they would move it. They did. Then after a while we put it in a clear tube from a fluorescent lamp bulb (hardware store) and tied a string to it to see if they would pull it up. They did. The last test was to put a nail through the tube to stop the cheese from coming up. It took them all afternoon to get it, but they did.

We made a little movie, took lots of pics and made a nice picture board and viola. (I think it won cause it didnt involve plants or baking soda volcanoes)

THis would also work with other smart birds like mocking birds or parrots. (if you live somewhere with those)

cpinney · Post by **cpinney** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:35 am

test the best way to grow uranium :wink:

Cruor · Post by **Cruor** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:35 am

I made a Gauss cannon (yes, like the kind from Halo) for my 9th grade science fair, because I was required to do a project. I was surprised that they actually let me bring the thing to school. Not only did it have exposed wire, and high-cap capacitors; it shot nails too.

The principal walked over to my booth and the look on his face was priceless.

firefox6 · Post by **firefox6** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:30 am

Do a volcano. thats always a winner.

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/volcano/

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/t ... /proj.html

lol ok i am just messing with you.. volcano = last place

perpetual motion = first place.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe= ... on&spell=1

Matrixman__ · Post by **Matrixman__** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:09 am

firefox6 wrote:Do a volcano. thats always a winner.

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/volcano/

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/t ... /proj.html

lol ok i am just messing with you.. volcano = last place

perpetual motion = first place.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe= ... on&spell=1

lmao, you trying finding perpetual motion, you will go mad, it doesnt exist in our space-time, sry to all you believers

something a little more realistic but still out there, the Higgs boson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
current cost i heard is topping $2 billion

ThatBluePerson · Post by **ThatBluePerson** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:13 am

Matrixman__ wrote:
firefox6 wrote:Do a volcano. thats always a winner.

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/volcano/

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/t ... /proj.html

lol ok i am just messing with you.. volcano = last place

perpetual motion = first place.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe= ... on&spell=1

lmao, you trying finding perpetual motion, you will go mad, it doesnt exist in our space-time, sry to all you believers

something a little more realistic but still out there, the Higgs boson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
current cost i heard is topping $2 billion

These two seem out of my brain reach, but they would surely get me 1st place.

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:02 pm

I dont think you need an entry considering you spelled science wrong..