Biology + Sports and Exercise Science
Measure how exercise changes pulse rate and recovery
Record pulse before, during and after exercise for several volunteers and compare recovery times.
- Easy
- 1 day
- Free
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Experiments, working models and investigations in physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space. Most can be done at home or in a school lab, and each one says what it costs and how long it takes.
5 Science projects
Physics · Waves
Measure the speed of sound with two phones
Use two phones with an acoustic stopwatch app to time a clap over a known distance.
- Easy
- 1–3 hours
- Free
Astronomy and Space + Pure Mathematics
Measure the Earth's circumference like Eratosthenes
Measure a stick's shadow at local noon in two cities and calculate the size of the Earth.
- Intermediate
- 1 day
- Free
Biology + Psychology
Test whether music or silence helps short-term memory
Give volunteers word lists to memorise in silence, with instrumental music and with songs, and compare recall.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Physics · Kinematics
Show that falling time does not depend on mass
Film objects of different mass falling together and compare their fall times frame by frame.
- Beginner
- Under 1 hour
- Free
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