Science Fair Projects

EMS Science Fair 
Unit begins April 6; Science fair is April 23 (5-7 pm)

Your project must cover a topic we have talked about in class. There is a substantial list for you to choose from; if you want to do something else, you will need to have it OK’d by the teacher. You may work in groups of up to 3 people. The difficulty of the project relates to how many people will be allowed to work on it. You will each have a journal to record your progress in, which you will get daily participation points for. The completed journal will also be part of your display. Your finished project will be a display board that has your materials, procedure, results and illustration. It should be neat and reflect substantial effort and time put into your project. You can buy or make a trifold display board. Attendance at the science fair is mandatory and will be part of your final grade.

7th grade project choices:

Experiment

Prove Newton’s 2nd Law

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/newton-law-forcing-object-accelerate/

Can you shield a magnetic field?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/magnetic-force-powerful-gravity/

What metal conducts heat best?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/which-metal-conducts-heat-best/

How do mirrors work?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/candles-flame/

How well do people sense the direction of sound?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/people-judge-direction-sounds/

What surfaces create the least friction?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/find-ways-reduce-friction/

How do the vertical and horizontal motions of a projectile affect one another?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/independence-horizontal-vertical-motion-basketball/

Which fluids do you think are the most viscous?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/compare-viscosity-fluids/

Which pulley setup makes lifting a heavy load easiest?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/moveable/

How do cold packs work?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/science-behind-ice-pack/

Does adding salt to pasta help it cook faster?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/does-adding-salt-to-pasta-make-it-cook-faster/

Can you predict exactly when a faster car will pass a slower car?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/tortoise-hare-playing-catch-up/

Can you prove the acceleration due to gravity on Earth?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/rolling-downhill-measuring-acceleration/

How can hydropower be used to lift an object?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/water-produce-energy/

Does size affect flow rate of solids?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Phys_p091.shtml

Why doesn’t the ocean freeze?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/why-doesnt-the-ocean-freeze/

Does surface make a difference as to how a basketball responds?

http://www.easy-science-fair-projects.net/sports-science-fair-projects.html

Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/do-liquids-expand-when-frozen/

How Do Different Materials Affect Air Resistance?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/how-do-materials-affect-air-resistance/

How can current create a magnetic field?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/electromagnet/

Does Electricity Move Better through Thick Wires or Thin Ones?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/electricity-move-better-thick-wires-thin/

Can you predict whether a reaction will be endothermic or exothermic?

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/chemical-reations-absorb-release-energy/

Engineering

Create Your Own Amusement Park with Simple and Compound Machines

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/design-amusement-park-simple-machine/

Make a pinball machine using simple machines

http://www.mygoinggreenblog.blogspot.co.il/2012/07/how-to-make-pinball-machine-from.html

Create an electronic flapping crane

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/fold-your-own-electronic-flapping-crane-how-to

Make your own wind turbine

http://www.instructables.com/id/Junior-Wind-Turbine/

Make a Photon Flower That Lights Up When You Water It with Lemon Juice

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Photon-Flower-That-Lights-Up-When-You-Water/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Build a bridge that can support various forces

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/building-the-best-bridge/

Make your own gears

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/toothy/

Make a solar oven

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/design-solar-cooker/

Build a robot from a coffee can

http://makezine.com/projects/make-34/coffee-bots/

Building a series circuit

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/series/

Make a DIY hovercraft that can stay afloat using air power

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/DIY-Hovercraft/

Create a Catapult that can storm castle walls
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Phys_p085.shtml

Create a pulley

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/flag-raiser/

Build a robotic arm that could lift a cup off a table

http://www-tc.pbskids.org/designsquad/pdf/parentseducators/DSN_NASA_MissionSolarSystem_RoboArm.pdf

Launch a golf ball using a catapult

http://www.lufkintexas.org/dl/scienceandtech/2013-Catapult.pdf

Make an electric motor

http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/no-frills-motor/

Design a device to separate mixtures

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/BioChem_p046.shtml?from=Blog