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CSEF · 2009

The Leyden Jar

Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals My project was to see if static electricity could be stored in a Leyden jar capacitor made out of common household materials, and if so, can the charge held inside the Leyde…

CSEF · 2009

The Mathematics of Sympathetic Vibrations

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Which notes on a piano can induce sympathetic vibrations on an open string? Mathematical relationships between test note and open string frequencies will be used to predict…

CSEF · 2009

The Science of Paper Airplane Flight

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals We wanted to determine which class of paper airplanes, Darts, or Gliders, performs better. We predicted that darts would fly farther, because their streamlined design is mor…

CSEF · 2009

Tricky Curie

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals A magnet's magnetic field is affected by a change in temperature. My hypothesis for this project was that the magnet with the lowest Curie point would be affected by tempera…

CSEF · 2009

What Type of Antenna Works the Best?

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals To find which type of DTV antenna works the best. Methods/Materials Compound bowtie antenna, Telephone wire antenna, Loop antenna, Single bowtie antenna, Can antenna, Analog…

CSEF · 2009

Which Airfoil Design Generates the Most Lift?

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which of four airfoil designs would generate the greatest lift. Airfoil One was the most similarly shaped to common aircraft…

CSEF · 2009

Which Diameter String Has the Purest Tone?

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals My objective to to discover which set of violin strings will create the purest tone. I will test three different sets of strings, each set is a different diameter to try and…

CSEF · 2009

Which Windmill Is Better?

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My family and I were driving through the desert and I saw a windmill farm. I noticed that all the windmills had three blades. I wondered why there were not more blades on a…

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