Science Experiments

Question: What are some good ideas for impressive science projects?

I started home schooling last year and I’m hoping to apply to college full time next fall. (I’m just thinking ahead :] )
and since home schoolers don’t have a portfolio and grades from high school, we have to show lots of sample work in different “subjects”. The one I’m lacking in is science, mainly bio/chemistry. I’m hoping to apply for an Equine Science major and I need some ideas for “impressive” projects where I can experiment, read and/or make a model/poster or something like that. It has to be something that they would make you do junior/senior year of highschool. Any ideas would be really appreciated

Answer: See the movie: The Manhattan Project

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A Bourdon tube is used for measuring pressures outside the range of the mercury filled manometer. A Bourdon tube is simple and versatile. A Bourdon tube is also the basis of many types of pressure gauge. A Bourdon tube is shown below.

In its simplest form the Bourdon tube consists of an oval section tube bent into a circular arc. One end of the Bourdon tube is sealed and free to move. The other end of the Bourdon tube is rigidly fixed and is open for the href=”http://www.science-experiments.info/Bourdon_Tube.html#”transmission of pressure.

The Bourdon tube uses a pointer to indicate the pressure applied to the Bourdon tube, as shown in the Bourdon tube figure. With some internal pressure the Bourdon tube section becomes rounder and this causes it to become straighter. It is this motion, amplified mechanically, which is indicated by the gauge needle.

Figure 6: Bourdon Tube

Click here to read about Manometers and U Tube Manometer.

Question: Some easy science experiments?

I was wondering if someone had some experiments I could do for my project. Some that people had were “Does different video games affect pulse rate” or ” Does different brand cake affect how tall it is after baked” or ” Does size of ball affect how high it bounces”

Answer: I suggest trying to find the absorbency of three or more different brands of paper towels. That’s what my friends and I did for a science experiment, and it took us 15 minutes top XD

Unless you want something a little more challenging, like “Does stress make you eat more” where you get a group of people, set a plate of cookies or something in front of them, give them a really easy puzzle to do, and record how many cookies each person eats. Do the same thing again only with a harder puzzle. My friends and I were going to do this but our teacher didn’t approve -for a reasons we have yet to know…>.><.<-

Floating Rice Trick – Cool Science Experiment