Environmental Science · Pollution
Measure air quality with sticky cards
Hang petroleum-jelly cards at five locations and compare the particles they collect in a week.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Under 250
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Environmental Science projects 10
Projects that measure the environment around you: air, water, waste, energy and biodiversity, and what can be done about them.
10 Environmental Science projects
Environmental Science · Climate
Calculate your household's carbon footprint
Collect a month of electricity, fuel, travel and food data and convert it into kilograms of carbon dioxide.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Environmental Science · Waste Management
Audit your school's waste for a week
Sort and weigh one week of school waste by type and propose how to cut the largest share.
- Easy
- 1–2 weeks
- Under 250
Environmental Science + Data
Analyse 50 years of your city's temperature data
Download long-term temperature records and test whether your city has warmed, and by how much.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Environmental Science · Water
Build a solar still to purify water
Make drinking-quality water from salty water with sunlight and measure how much you get.
- Easy
- 1 day
- Under 250
Environmental Science + Applied Mathematics
Estimate the carbon stored by a planting drive
Measure young trees from a planting drive and model how much carbon they will store over 20 years.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Environmental Science · Pollution
Study the noise levels around your school
Map sound levels at ten points at different times and compare them with recommended limits.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Environmental Science · Climate
Model the melting of ice caps and sea level
Show that melting land ice raises water level but melting floating ice does not.
- Beginner
- 1–3 hours
- Under 250
Environmental Science · Climate
Measure how trees cool their surroundings
Record air and surface temperatures under trees, on grass, on concrete and on tar through a day.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Under 250
Environmental Science · Water
Build a simple water filter and test it
Layer cotton, sand and gravel in a bottle and see how clear muddy water becomes.
- Beginner
- 1 day
- Under 250
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