Christmas is the Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe is The Son of God. Christmas means "Feast day of Christ". Celebrated on the 25th of December in Western Christianity (7th of January in Eastern Orthodox Churches). Modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, church celebrations, and the display of various decorations—including the Christmas tree, lights, mistletoe, nativity scenes and holly. In western cultures Santa Claus is a popular mythological figure often associated with bringing gifts to children at Christmas. Christmas is also celebrated by many non-Christians, all over the world, as a secular, cultural festival.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Decorate Your Christmas Tree With Flashing LEDs
Subject: Electronics
Grade level: Middle / High School
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Building Type
Cost: Medium
Affiliation: The Electronics Club
Description: This project flashes 18 LEDs at three different rates and is possible to use these to create a Christmas decoration of your choice. The circuit is simple and cheap by using the 4060B IC which is a counter and oscillator (clock) in one package. The circuit requires a 9V supply, such as a PP3 battery. It will not work with lower voltages and a higher voltage will destroy the LEDs.
Link: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/projects/xmastree.htm
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
First Day of Hanukkah 2008
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights by lighting candles, singing special songs, eating doughnuts, playing the dreidel (a four-sided spinning top) game and giving money to children.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Is it possible to alter the laws of probability by adding weight to one side of a dreidel?
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Law
Awards: None
Affiliation: California State Science Fair
Year: 2002
Description: A few dreidels were spun until a well balanced one was found. Then weights (glued washers) were added to one side of the dreidel, one at a time up to three. The dreidel was spun for two hundred times at each weight level. Results were recorded: which side of the dreidel will land the most.
Link: http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2002/Projects/J0222.pdf
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Is it possible to alter the laws of probability by adding weight to one side of a dreidel?
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Law
Awards: None
Affiliation: California State Science Fair
Year: 2002
Description: A few dreidels were spun until a well balanced one was found. Then weights (glued washers) were added to one side of the dreidel, one at a time up to three. The dreidel was spun for two hundred times at each weight level. Results were recorded: which side of the dreidel will land the most.
Link: http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2002/Projects/J0222.pdf
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Wright Brothers Day 2008
Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Repeat Wright Brothers Early Experiments With Kites
Subject: Aviation
Grade level: High School / College
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Bulding Type
Cost: Medium
Description: Wright Brothers' first flight experiments began in July 1899 when Wilbur put wing-warping to the test by building and flying a five-foot box kite in the approximate shape of a biplane. When the wings were warped, or twisted, one end would receive more lift and rise, starting a turn in the direction of the lower end. Warping was controlled by four lines attached to the kite. The lines led to two sticks held by the kite flyer, who tilted them in opposite directions to twist the wings and make the kite bank left or right. This web page describes those Wright Brother's early flight experiments with kites - background and building instruction links.
Link: http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/wrightkite.html
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Repeat Wright Brothers Early Experiments With Kites
Subject: Aviation
Grade level: High School / College
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Bulding Type
Cost: Medium
Description: Wright Brothers' first flight experiments began in July 1899 when Wilbur put wing-warping to the test by building and flying a five-foot box kite in the approximate shape of a biplane. When the wings were warped, or twisted, one end would receive more lift and rise, starting a turn in the direction of the lower end. Warping was controlled by four lines attached to the kite. The lines led to two sticks held by the kite flyer, who tilted them in opposite directions to twist the wings and make the kite bank left or right. This web page describes those Wright Brother's early flight experiments with kites - background and building instruction links.
Link: http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/wrightkite.html
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Tycho Brahe (1546-1606) Was Born
Known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations without using a telescope.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Are solar flares harmful to your health?
Subject: Astronomy / Physics
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Awards: 1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2006)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2006
Description: Main topics: solar flares, proton swarms, health effects, X and M class solar flares, effects on wireless communication, sunspots, quizz.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2006/sher6r2/
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Are solar flares harmful to your health?
Subject: Astronomy / Physics
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Awards: 1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2006)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2006
Description: Main topics: solar flares, proton swarms, health effects, X and M class solar flares, effects on wireless communication, sunspots, quizz.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2006/sher6r2/
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Human Rights Day 2008 - 60th Anniversary
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Attitudes Towards Homosexuality
Subject: Psychology & Human Behavior
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 1998
Description: The participants in this study were students who volunteered to participate. There were a total of 27 participants who filled out a survey. The questionnaire was composed of two parts. The first part was directed at a person’s gender, religious background, rank in school, sexual preference, and type of area they came from. The second part consisted of questions devised to see how the individual thought of and treated homosexuals with a ranking system of one to five.
Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/67.asp
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Attitudes Towards Homosexuality
Subject: Psychology & Human Behavior
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 1998
Description: The participants in this study were students who volunteered to participate. There were a total of 27 participants who filled out a survey. The questionnaire was composed of two parts. The first part was directed at a person’s gender, religious background, rank in school, sexual preference, and type of area they came from. The second part consisted of questions devised to see how the individual thought of and treated homosexuals with a ranking system of one to five.
Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/67.asp
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Is there any difference between white egg shells and brown egg shells?
Science Fair Project Information
Subject: Chemistry
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2004
Description: White egg shells and brown egg shells were compared in the following parameters: membrane permeability and physical strength.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2004/gawn4e0/public_html/
Subject: Chemistry
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2004
Description: White egg shells and brown egg shells were compared in the following parameters: membrane permeability and physical strength.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2004/gawn4e0/public_html/
Monday, December 8, 2008
What Is the Effect of Water Temperature on the Amount of Color in Spirogyra Plants (Algae)?
Science Fair Project Information
Subject: Botany
Grade level: Middle School - Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2000
Description: The purpose of this experiment was to measure the amount of color in five different groups of algae plants (spirogyra) each growing at a different temperature. A vacuum flask was used to filter the plants from the water using a glass fiber filter. A colorimeter measured the amount of color on the clean glass fiber filters.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2000/CarissaH.html
Subject: Botany
Grade level: Middle School - Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2000
Description: The purpose of this experiment was to measure the amount of color in five different groups of algae plants (spirogyra) each growing at a different temperature. A vacuum flask was used to filter the plants from the water using a glass fiber filter. A colorimeter measured the amount of color on the clean glass fiber filters.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2000/CarissaH.html
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Will wells located near animal pens be more likely to show fecal contamination than wells that are not near animal pens?
Science Fair Project Information
Subject: Environmental Sciences
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Medium
Awards: None
Affiliation: Batesburg-Leesville High School (BLHS)
Year: 1997
Description: This experiment involved two different testing methods that had completely different procedures. The first test: five 100ml samples of water were taken about two hours before they were taken for testing. A packet of Colilert was added to every 100ml sample and then the samples were incubated for 24 hours at 35 degrees Celsius. The next day the samples were taken out of incubation and examined. The second test was done by coating the bottom of a petri dish with a lactose broth. Then, a thin layer of water was poured over the broth. Any excess water was poured out and the dishes were incubated at 44.5 degrees Celsius for 24 hours. The next day the samples were removed and examined with a dissection microscope (spectroscope).
Link: http://scssi.scetv.org/mims/schools/blhs/science/molly1.htm
Subject: Environmental Sciences
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Medium
Awards: None
Affiliation: Batesburg-Leesville High School (BLHS)
Year: 1997
Description: This experiment involved two different testing methods that had completely different procedures. The first test: five 100ml samples of water were taken about two hours before they were taken for testing. A packet of Colilert was added to every 100ml sample and then the samples were incubated for 24 hours at 35 degrees Celsius. The next day the samples were taken out of incubation and examined. The second test was done by coating the bottom of a petri dish with a lactose broth. Then, a thin layer of water was poured over the broth. Any excess water was poured out and the dishes were incubated at 44.5 degrees Celsius for 24 hours. The next day the samples were removed and examined with a dissection microscope (spectroscope).
Link: http://scssi.scetv.org/mims/schools/blhs/science/molly1.htm
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2008
International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the planet. Typically, the Day's activities are mounted by unpaid volunteers.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Improving Binocular Vision in Stereopsis Impairment Using Optical Devices
Subject: Medicine
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Building Type
Cost: Medium
Awards:
1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2007)
Calgary Youth Science Fair Gold Medal (2007)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2007
Description: This project proposes a non-surgical solution for improving binocular vision impairment and preventing further deterioration. An optical device was designed using double Porro-prism optical binoculars converging into an objective lens, a configuration promoting binocular image fusion without changing the occipital cortex. Thus, binocular vision is improved by reducing deviation points, assisting the brain in perceiving an improved fused image with greater visual acuity. This increases depth perception and three-dimensional viewing ability, with applications in long term vision therapy.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2007/full7e2/
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Improving Binocular Vision in Stereopsis Impairment Using Optical Devices
Subject: Medicine
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Building Type
Cost: Medium
Awards:
1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2007)
Calgary Youth Science Fair Gold Medal (2007)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2007
Description: This project proposes a non-surgical solution for improving binocular vision impairment and preventing further deterioration. An optical device was designed using double Porro-prism optical binoculars converging into an objective lens, a configuration promoting binocular image fusion without changing the occipital cortex. Thus, binocular vision is improved by reducing deviation points, assisting the brain in perceiving an improved fused image with greater visual acuity. This increases depth perception and three-dimensional viewing ability, with applications in long term vision therapy.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2007/full7e2/
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
What type of student is more likely to cheat?
Science Fair Project Information
Subject: Psychology & Human Behavior
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 1999
Description: This study was conducted to determine if GPA, gender and self perceived academic ability are reliable predictors as to whether a student will cheat. This study also tried to determine how students feel about the students who do cheat. A nine question survey that included four descriptive questions was used. The questions were in the form of a Likert type scale.
Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/96.asp
Subject: Psychology & Human Behavior
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 1999
Description: This study was conducted to determine if GPA, gender and self perceived academic ability are reliable predictors as to whether a student will cheat. This study also tried to determine how students feel about the students who do cheat. A nine question survey that included four descriptive questions was used. The questions were in the form of a Likert type scale.
Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/96.asp
Monday, December 1, 2008
World AIDS Day 2008
In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital.
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Are Beta Glucan and Echinacea (purple coneflower) safe to administer to AIDS sufferers in third world countries?
Subject: Medicine
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Medium
Awards: None
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2004
Description: The goal of this project is to prove that echinacea (purple coneflower), along with beta glucan (cultured extract of Baker's Yeast cell wall. It is used as an immunostimulant) are a safe, effective and affordable treatment for stimunlating macrophages (immune system cells) in AIDS patients.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2004/munr4s0/public_html/
Science Fair Project Information
Title: Are Beta Glucan and Echinacea (purple coneflower) safe to administer to AIDS sufferers in third world countries?
Subject: Medicine
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Medium
Awards: None
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2004
Description: The goal of this project is to prove that echinacea (purple coneflower), along with beta glucan (cultured extract of Baker's Yeast cell wall. It is used as an immunostimulant) are a safe, effective and affordable treatment for stimunlating macrophages (immune system cells) in AIDS patients.
Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2004/munr4s0/public_html/
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