science fair project

[Technokid]

Hello I am a fourth grade student. I am trying to do a science fair project. Does anyone have any ideas for a science fair project involving computers or computing.

[Kuasimodem]

Well, you could try building a water cooled, overclocked system, or maybe one cooled by a small refridgeration system.

It's something that can be done pretty cheap if you use some ingenuity. (car heater core for radiator, tupperware reservoir...) modify an old air cooling heatsink for a waterblock.

Start hitting some overclocking sites for alternative cooling.

[DaveLewis]

How about a "real world" interface project where you would use your computer to do some kind of a household task like let the dog out, empty the trash, feed the dog, etc.

[club_med]

Back during my school days we used to make animations to show off cpu power and our abilities, just an idea.

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[MiKe85]

I would go with Club_med's idea..
Last year in my computer class we had to do something related to computers, so i wrote a program, all it did was when you typed in a letter it would give you a list of names beginning with that letter.. It was kind of neat..

Mike

[socalgal]

Hi Technokid

Here's a site that might give you some ideas

How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)

Good luck on your project http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[daveleau]

Easy and simple and scientific:

Breath capacity tester

Fill a jug with water and turn it upside down in a pan of water high enough to cover the opening of the jug so tha water stays in the jug.
Tape a ruler ont he side for measurement of water displacement
Feed a tube into the jug
Measure a person's chest size, get their sex, and ask if they smoke, etc...
have them take a deep breath and blow into the tube, displacing water int he jug.
Measure results in inches (from ruler on side)
Display results...

I won the 6th grade science fair with this one.
Good luck
Dave

[Technokid]

daveleau what kind of jug could I use


[This message has been edited by Technokid (edited 05-21-2001).]

[Mortis]

Hey TechnoKid... a couple links for ya to check out-
http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/kidproj1.html http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/kidlink1.html http://www.surfnetkids.com/sciencefair.htm

Good Luck!

Mortis

[araaraara]

Let a 3 time science fair champ tell you how it's done.
In grade 5 I built a hot air balloon with a drycleaner bag and candles. I measured how much weight it could lift with various surrounding air temperatures. Finish off with a good explanation.
I grade 6 I took some wire coils, put power through them and measured their resistance in temperatures in 1C increments from 100C to -8xC(dry ice).
In grade 7 I built a simple computer and hooked up lots of leds to it. The leds would light up when the computer was working. I also wrote a simple program to display a person's name in binary.

Good luck with your project. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[Trey]

Has your school outlawed volcanos yet? When I was in 6th grade, I remember the judges walking down a row of about 10 volcanos. Needless to say, none of them won anything. So don't do a volcano.

[daveleau]

You can use any jug that has an opening small enough so it can be made water tight until it is turned upside down. i was lucky and had an empty apple juice jug that had an opening about 1 inch wide.

Dave