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CSEF · 2011

Boomerang's Best Bends

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find the combination of bend location and bend degree for the wings of a cross boomerang that produced a flight as close to parallel to th…

CSEF · 2011

Boomerangs: Return to Sender

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out which angle of boomerang will return closest to the starting point. Methods/Materials A basic two-arm boomerang shape with eight inch arms was s…

CSEF · 2011

Bring on the Heat

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Our objective was to see which color was affected the most by heat by absorption of light. Our hypothesis was the the color black would have the greatest average increase in…

CSEF · 2011

Calculating the Double Slit Experiment

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals I wanted to recreate and mathematically calculate the Double Slit Experiment to prove that it worked and to help understand how it worked. Methods/Materials First, I calcula…

CSEF · 2011

Can a Smart Phone Be Charged by Radio Waves?

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals I always wondered if there was a better way to charge a mobile device than by plugging it into a wall socket, and if there was any way to harvest stray radio waves that woul…

CSEF · 2011

Candle Burning

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals If I increase the volume of air, then a candle would burn out more slowly. Adding carbon dioxide and oxygen will cause a candle to burn longer. Methods/Materials My first ex…

CSEF · 2011

Catching Air: Parachutes in Flight

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to try and find out which material, between plastic, newspaper and silk, resisted gravity the most therefore making the best parachute. Metho…

CSEF · 2011

Chladni Patterns

Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The main objective of the Chladni plates is to map out a series of nodes (places on the Chladni plate were there is no vibration) and modes (places on the Chladni plate in w…

CSEF · 2011

Color Express

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Objective The purpose of this experiment was to find which wavelengths of light provide the strongest photovoltaic effect in a solar-powered vehicle. Methods/Materials Mater…

CSEF · 2011

Electrostatic Fields and Arcs

Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of my project is to find out whether or not an electric discharge will disrupt an electrostatic field. Also, I wanted to find the correlation between…

CSEF · 2011

Energy Fruit

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Question: What fruit or vegetable is the best conductor of electricity? The avocado will be the best conductor of electricity because of the high amount of iron. Methods/Mat…

CSEF · 2011

Fastest Way to Chill a Soda

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals What is the fastest way to bring a soda from room temperature to a drinkable temperature? Methods/Materials 1.Prepare an ice-only bath by adding enough ice to a Styrofoam co…

CSEF · 2011

Finding Harmonics in Plasma

Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals Electroluminescent tubes ionized at a high frequency demonstrate a distinct beading pattern characterized by bright, equally spaced plasma beads or oscillations. The purpose…

CSEF · 2011

Frames of Silence

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test if you can measure how far away something is by using sound and light. The idea is that if a light and sound were emitted from the exact sa…

CSEF · 2011

Friction: Can You Beat It?

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine what method of limiting friction was both most efficient and cost effective. My hypothesis was that the electromagnetic repulsi…

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