Thats funny and sad at the same time.
…… Science project idea needed and WTF is going on with our schools
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Thats funny and sad at the same time.
Cyclonemom
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Seriously though, 12 is a great age. I have 16yo and 10yo boys. I love this age!!!
Can you make an air powered rocket, comparing various Rocket designs/materials using pneumatics? (Like a stomp rocket).
Make a solar oven or dehydrator?
Catapult designs. Which one throws a marshmallow the farthest?
Make a sundial. Explain how it works.
Homemade radio. Homemade spyglass. Homemade water filter. Homemade rocket stove ( probably breaks the rules).
Youtube people that may spark an idea (let your kid get excited with these guys!!)
Veritaseum, Backyard Scientist, Mark Rober, Styro Pyro, Smarter Everyday.
Can you make an air powered rocket, comparing various Rocket designs/materials using pneumatics? (Like a stomp rocket).
Make a solar oven or dehydrator?
Catapult designs. Which one throws a marshmallow the farthest?
Make a sundial. Explain how it works.
Homemade radio. Homemade spyglass. Homemade water filter. Homemade rocket stove ( probably breaks the rules).
Youtube people that may spark an idea (let your kid get excited with these guys!!)
Veritaseum, Backyard Scientist, Mark Rober, Styro Pyro, Smarter Everyday.
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Homemade X ray machine. I built this when I was 13 back in the 60s.
Used an antique radio tube "01" with a magnesium getter which is the silvery coating inside the top of the tube and a type of high step up transformer called an oudin coil.
Or a homemade van de graph generator. I also built one of these when I was a junior in high school, but mine was a fair amount bigger than the one in this project. It generated over half a million volts and powered a linear particle accelerator which I built the following year. The Van de Graph in this project is very safe. Although it can generate around 300Kv, the current if measured in microamps. It can be used to demo various basic electrostatic principles such as attraction and repulsion. The Van de Graph doesn't cost much to build and you could give it to the school science classroom after the science fair.
www.instructables.com
A tesla coil would also be a possibility, but they are not entirely safe for a bunch of 12 year olds. By the way neither is the X ray machine.
Used an antique radio tube "01" with a magnesium getter which is the silvery coating inside the top of the tube and a type of high step up transformer called an oudin coil.
An Inexpensive X-ray Machine
From an old radio tube, some copper wire, and other inexpensive materials - total cost: roughly $20 - you can construct an X-ray machine that will make good pictures through an inch of wood. SAFETY MEASURES THAT YOU MUST OBSERVE. Notes on Röntgen's (Rontgen's) invention. Highlights of X-ray theory.
noah.org
Or a homemade van de graph generator. I also built one of these when I was a junior in high school, but mine was a fair amount bigger than the one in this project. It generated over half a million volts and powered a linear particle accelerator which I built the following year. The Van de Graph in this project is very safe. Although it can generate around 300Kv, the current if measured in microamps. It can be used to demo various basic electrostatic principles such as attraction and repulsion. The Van de Graph doesn't cost much to build and you could give it to the school science classroom after the science fair.
350kv Van De Graaff Generator
350kv Van De Graaff Generator: This is a Van de Graaff Generator that I designed and built for use with many electrostatic experiments. I attempted to make a vdg about a year ago, but the design was very poor and the project ultimately failed. I still really wanted to make one th…
www.instructables.com
A tesla coil would also be a possibility, but they are not entirely safe for a bunch of 12 year olds. By the way neither is the X ray machine.
Ragnarok
On and On, South of Heaven
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?
Yeah, I think cotton is racist.
WildDaisy
God has a plan, Trust it!
It is HIS project. They will know if you use any of that equipment that you did all the work and not your kid.
But here is a website with ideas for science projects by grade level
But here is a website with ideas for science projects by grade level
Sixth Grade Science Projects
Over 1,200 free science projects searchable by subject, difficulty, time, cost and materials. Browse the library or let us recommend a winning science project for you!
www.sciencebuddies.org
Dobbin
Faithful Steed
ANYTHING which "produces" is raycist.
Now "imaginary numbers" might not be. Yunno - a number which "takes the place" of a real number, but doesn't exist in the real world.
Totally Woke and acceptable.
Imaginary number - Wikipedia
Root square of -2 would be a good place to start...
Dobbin
Redleg
Veteran Member
Me and my son did a battery test by placing the battery in hot/cold environments with different makes of AA batteries.
Put them is the freezer and put a 10 Ohm load on them one at a time and tracked the current and voltage.
Hooked up a hot box and heated to 150F and repeated test. We used fresh batteries for the hot and cold.
This shows how good each battery worked in extreme environments. He won an award for it.
Put them is the freezer and put a 10 Ohm load on them one at a time and tracked the current and voltage.
Hooked up a hot box and heated to 150F and repeated test. We used fresh batteries for the hot and cold.
This shows how good each battery worked in extreme environments. He won an award for it.
"i" is racist.ANYTHING which "produces" is raycist.
Now "imaginary numbers" might not be. Yunno - a number which "takes the place" of a real number, but doesn't exist in the real world.
Totally Woke and acceptable.
Imaginary number - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Root square of -2 would be a good place to start...
Dobbin
That would be good to do with modern lithium ion rechargeables since they are all the rage with greenie weenies.
accountant
Contributing Member
So basically if air is the only thing available to use, why not have him build an air cannon.
The items needed to build one are pretty inexpensive and you can work with him to build it.
The hard part will be writing out the science behind the air pressure build up and release.
Air Cannon | Five Gallon Ideas
The items needed to build one are pretty inexpensive and you can work with him to build it.
The hard part will be writing out the science behind the air pressure build up and release.
Air Cannon | Five Gallon Ideas
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Its a shame because those would be interesting and educational.
Ractivist
Pride comes before the fall.....Pride month ended.
Put two motors side by side with something on the motor shaft to show it's spinning. Each one can have a single cell battery holder directly behind and inline with the motor. Each can hold the AAA, AA, C, D, 9vt. Line them up as well.
On one side you have fully charged batteries, the other side all totally dead batteries.
Much can be learned about human nature with this machine. Each battery has its benefits or separate uses. Most is due to capacity and physical size. The larger the battery the greater the capacity....unless it's dead. Then no matter how large it appears, if it is dead its value is less than one old AAA. People are like this.
That 9 volt would take six of any other battery to equal its output, yet six of any other becomes an ever greater capacity at the same voltage output. Six D's over a nine volt is considerable....unless they are dead. The power of the people who are not dead, is very impressive. One person who is a 9, can make that motor fly. Six D's united has more longevity than one person who is a 9 volt transistor battery. Our future lies with the power of the people as a majority, united to drive the engine of freedom.
We the People, are the motor force of freedom. Compared to Bill Ayers, "Education is the motor force of revolution".
American's need to make sure their batteries are charged and strive to be a 9 or greater. And separate the dead batteries out of the mix. They will make the free flow of power stop. Like a wrench in the machine. History attests to the damage they've done and are doing to our society, as does this science project.
On one side you have fully charged batteries, the other side all totally dead batteries.
Much can be learned about human nature with this machine. Each battery has its benefits or separate uses. Most is due to capacity and physical size. The larger the battery the greater the capacity....unless it's dead. Then no matter how large it appears, if it is dead its value is less than one old AAA. People are like this.
That 9 volt would take six of any other battery to equal its output, yet six of any other becomes an ever greater capacity at the same voltage output. Six D's over a nine volt is considerable....unless they are dead. The power of the people who are not dead, is very impressive. One person who is a 9, can make that motor fly. Six D's united has more longevity than one person who is a 9 volt transistor battery. Our future lies with the power of the people as a majority, united to drive the engine of freedom.
We the People, are the motor force of freedom. Compared to Bill Ayers, "Education is the motor force of revolution".
American's need to make sure their batteries are charged and strive to be a 9 or greater. And separate the dead batteries out of the mix. They will make the free flow of power stop. Like a wrench in the machine. History attests to the damage they've done and are doing to our society, as does this science project.
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Take a sheet of paper and a spray bottle of water, spray sheet of paper with water....see it's all wet. Amazing.
mikeho78
Contributing Member
Cymatics. Use sound frequencies to create beautiful patterns in sand on a metal (cheladni?) plate.
View: https://youtu.be/CsjV1gjBMbQ?feature=shared
Run time 5:50
Run time 5:50
Cacheman
Ultra MAGA!
Just wondering how this turned out?
Shadow
Swift, Silent,...Sleepy
My first thought was I would like to hear the reasoning behind that!
On second thought I do not need more exposure to craziness.
Glad you found a workaround. Nice work!
Shadow
crossbowboy
Certifiable
I knew how to build a basic (nuclear) fission device when I was in 5th grade.
Not chiming in on this thread with diagrams because National Security.
YMMV, good luck.
And Silent Running.
(Teach them well, don't talk about it online.)
Love y'all.
Not chiming in on this thread with diagrams because National Security.
YMMV, good luck.
And Silent Running.
(Teach them well, don't talk about it online.)
Love y'all.
crossbowboy
Certifiable
My dad kept a piezo crystal device that he had built, in our garage when I was a child. It was stored next to the chunk of fiberoptic cable that he he just, er, happened to have in the garage ca. 1976 or so.
I wasn't allowed to play with the Piezo rig.
It put out about 25,000 volts of static discharge, iirc.
Good times, and precious memories.
Keep it.
Love y'all.
I wasn't allowed to play with the Piezo rig.
It put out about 25,000 volts of static discharge, iirc.
Good times, and precious memories.
Keep it.
Love y'all.
Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah, I think cotton is racist.
That liberal hypocrisy strikes again. But cotton jeans and T-shirts are the national uniform of boobus americanus and I'd bet they sleep in cotton sheets tonight.
Yeah, *wearing* cotton is fine. Picking it...not so much.
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SurfaceTension
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Old Gray Mare
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Read over the requirements.
Way back in the day, I asked one of my college proffs... if I took a ham radio, hooked it up to a computer.... what was the possibility of bringing down a satellite? He suggested the FBI would probably be interested in discussing it with me.
What? No sharp objects etc. per instructions....?
Way back in the day, I asked one of my college proffs... if I took a ham radio, hooked it up to a computer.... what was the possibility of bringing down a satellite? He suggested the FBI would probably be interested in discussing it with me.
What? No sharp objects etc. per instructions....?
Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Innovative Use of Sheep Wool for Obtaining Materials with Improved Sound-Absorbing Properties
Innovative Use of Sheep Wool for Obtaining Materials with Improved Sound-Absorbing Properties
A green idea, ought to pass muster. Different materials and their sound baffling abilities.
crossbowboy
Certifiable
We're getting down to where the electrified wires start to hurt.
Confused?
Click on 'helen' and read everything she has ever posted.
She's the closest thing to 'messiah' that you've ever read.
And she will hand me my ass for saying that.
"There's your sign."
End transmission.
Love y'all, always and every day...
Confused?
Click on 'helen' and read everything she has ever posted.
She's the closest thing to 'messiah' that you've ever read.
And she will hand me my ass for saying that.
"There's your sign."
End transmission.
Love y'all, always and every day...
Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah, *wearing* cotton is fine. Picking it...not so much. 
John Rust and his brother got the patent for their cotton gin in 1933. We haven't picked cotton by hand for many years.
Warm Wisconsin
Easy as 3.141592653589..
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Yep. (IDK how that symbol got in there!)
Jez
Veteran Member
Never try to be snarky or clever after taking pain meds, chances are you'll trip yourself up and look foolish. But at least you know what I meant.Would not pass the rules, and would likely fail the student. Dihydrogen Dioxide (aka hydrogen peroxide) in undiluted form is very dangerous. Best to stick with Dihydrogen Monoxide.