Browse 141 real Physics and Astronomy projects entered in 2005, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I investigated: 1.) How different insulations affect the temperature within a solar oven; 2.) How the cooking vessel to heat absorber plate contact affects the temperature i…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to identify which of the custom made airfoils is the most aerodynamic when tested for drag within a wind tunnel at various wind speeds. Met…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of my project is to determine which model car will travel the furthest when released from a ramp, based on its aerodynamic design. My hypothesis was…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine a possible way to calculate a model rocket#s trajectory in order to predict a possible landing zone by using mathematical models…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to generate electricity by harnessing some of the kinetic energy of water flowing through a 1 1/4 inch pipe. This will be done with a small-sc…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn about the underlying chemistries of the lithium ion and lead acid batteries in order to better understand why their discharge capacities were affec…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Sound decay is a subject that has not been deeply probed by the scientific community. I would like to expand that knowledge in both myself and others, so with my experiment,…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the relationship of varying voltage and magnetic force generation in an AC electromagnet. My interest in electricity prompted…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This project involves various stages and fields including Engineering/Mechanics, self-taught "C-Windows" Computer Programming, Electronics, and Mathematics. My primary goal…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to find out if the temperature of a magnet affected its magnetic pull. Also, I wanted to know in what ways and rates the magnetic pull would be…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine what qualities of a heat sink were important in cooling a CPU. Methods/Materials Ten heat sinks were built using copper, bron…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the ratio between the oil and the electrically charged particles in electronic paper. Methods/Materials The ferrofluid dilutio…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals I will test what variables of an electromagnet affect the magnet's strength. I predict that the battery voltage will affect the electromagnet's strength the most. The voltag…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals In order for the pilot of an airplane to be able to gain altitude, they must know at which angle of inclination to put the plane. the purpose is to discoverthe angle that gi…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if toy airplanes would be able to create lift in a wind tunnel using their wing (airfoil) designs. I believe that some of the toy airplanes would…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to determine if color has any effect on thermal emission in an enclosed environment. It is common knowledge that black objects warm quicker than non…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My goal is to design, create and develop an Underwater ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) that will function and be maneuverable in and under water. It will be built from parts…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Brewster's angle is typically associated with light. However, it also has an effect on GPS Radio Frequency (RF) signals. When a GPS navigation signal is reflected off a mate…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether a change in water density, as its temperature is raised from 5 degrees C to 95 degrees C, will cause a model boat hull to sink lower i…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to build a new type of flying machine using hovering technology. Methods/Materials The materials needed to fulfill my prodject are 2 mm by 6 mm balsa-wood s…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I want to determine the relationship between air pressure and sound. I hypothesize that as the air pressure decreases, the sound will decrease at a faster rate. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Our project objective is to determine which of 3 materials--rubber, aluminum, and copper--would be the optimum solar energy collector. We chose to do an experiment regarding…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effects of aft weight and nose weight on paper airplanes. Methods/Materials I conducted five preliminary trials with eight different models…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out how different antennas varying in type, height, and location, can change the strength of the FM signals received by an FM ster…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals I will investigate how connecting devices ( 3 light bulbs) in parallel affect the electric current in a circuit. Methods/Materials Method: 1) Attach voltage meter to a board…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals One of the most interesting and useful applications of magnetism is to accelerate objects at tremendous velocities using magnetic accelerators. The two most are the Gauss Gu…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I set out to answer the following question: Which new roofing material, proposed to meet the requirements of recent California legislation, reflects the most light and reach…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goals of this project is to analyze these events of these ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers and characterize their energies and apparent direction of origin. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to calculate the approximate food energy content in a peanut, an oyster cracker, and a mini-marshmallow and then compare my data with the actual Calorie count…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This project attempted to show that an optical guitar pickup could be built using inexpensive, and would produce clean sounding music. The problem with existing magnetic pic…