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
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Environmental Science projects 7
Projects that measure the environment around you: air, water, waste, energy and biodiversity, and what can be done about them.
7 Environmental Science projects
Environmental Science + Electrical Engineering
Build a wind turbine and find the best blade design
Build a small wind turbine on a DC motor and test how blade number, angle and length change the voltage.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- 250–500
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 + 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
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
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