Aerospace Engineering + Physics
Make a model wind tunnel and test shapes
Build a small wind tunnel from a fan and straws and compare the drag of different shapes.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- 500–1,000
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Environmental Science + Physics
Compare the energy use of bulbs
Measure the brightness and heat of LED, CFL and filament bulbs and calculate the yearly cost of each.
- Easy
- 1–3 hours
- 250–500
Physics + Music, Theatre and Writing
Study the physics of a musical instrument
Measure how the length of a string or the water level in a bottle changes the pitch.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Under 250
Applied Mathematics + Physics
Derive and test the formula for a pendulum by dimensional analysis
Predict how period depends on length using only units, then confirm the power law with a log-log graph.
- Intermediate
- 1 day
- Under 250
Physics + Astronomy and Space
Estimate the Sun's power with a can of water
Measure how fast sunlight heats blackened water and estimate the solar constant.
- Intermediate
- 1 day
- Under 250
Sports and Exercise Science + Physics
Analyse a sports technique with video
Film a bowling action, a jump or a throw in slow motion and measure the joint angles and speed.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Materials, Energy and Other Branches + Physics
Design a boat hull and test its drag
Shape three hulls of equal mass and time them towed across a water trough.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Under 250
Games, Graphics and New Tech + Physics
Simulate a quantum circuit
Write a small simulator for one and two qubits and reproduce a Bell state.
- Advanced
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Music, Theatre and Writing + Physics
Analyse the mathematics and physics of a musical scale
Measure the frequency of each note of a scale and find the ratios between them.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
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