Physics + Programming
Simulate projectile motion with air drag in Python
Plot real trajectories with air resistance and compare them with the textbook parabola.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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Science projects 14
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.
14 Science projects
Astronomy and Space · Observational Astronomy
Track the Moon's phases for a month
Sketch the Moon every clear night for a month and explain the pattern with a ball-and-lamp model.
- Beginner
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Biology + Data
Compare a DNA sequence across species with free tools
Download one gene from six species, align the sequences and build an evolutionary tree.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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
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
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
Earth Science + Data
Map earthquakes from live data
Download a month of world earthquakes and show that they trace the plate boundaries.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- 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
Astronomy and Space + Geography
Use satellite images to measure change in a lake or forest
Compare satellite images from two dates and measure how much a water body or forest has changed.
- 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
Astronomy and Space + Environmental Science
Measure light pollution in your area
Count the stars visible in one constellation from several places and map the darkness of the sky.
- Easy
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Biology · Genetics
Analyse inheritance of traits in your class
Survey classmates for visible traits and check whether the textbook "dominant" traits are really the most common.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Biology + Programming
Analyse a genome with code
Download a small public genome and compute base composition, find genes' start signals and translate a gene.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Astronomy and Space · Planetary Science
Calculate the height of lunar mountains from a photo
Measure shadow lengths in a high-resolution Moon image and estimate the height of a crater rim.
- Advanced
- 2–7 days
- Free
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