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Elementary School
- Grades
4,
5,
6
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Can a Breyers Ice cream lid be used as a real frisbee?
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Test if air pressure will affect the dynamics of ball bouncing.
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Determine whether "corked" baseball bats make the ball travel farther than unaltered wooden bats.
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How to measure speed and to compare the speeds of athletes in different sporting events.
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Is wearing a swimsuit improve your swimming performance?
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Determine if the rotation speed of a football affects its drag.
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See whether or not the stitching of a soccer ball affects how far the ball travels.
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Does a swim cap reduce drag and help a swimmer swim faster through the water?
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What makes a good football throw?
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See if golf balls really need dimples to travel a greater distance.
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How Does Shooting a Soccer Ball at a Target with Different Angles and Spin Affect Its Trajectory?
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Middle School
- Grades
7,
8,
9
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Hockey
How Does Hockey Stick Flex Affect Accuracy and Speed?
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Improving the Modern Hockey Stick
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Which is the best roller hockey wheel for player performance?
R
Skateboarding
Which skateboard wheels are best for speed and maneuverability?
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Determine which mountainboard tire pressure provides the best speed and control.
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How the Materials of Bushings Affect a Skateboard's Turning Performance
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Cycling
Which gear ratio setting on a bicycle will result in the highest speed?
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Comparing Bicycle Helmets' Ability To Absorb Crash Impact
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Determining the Fastest Gear Set-Up on a Single Speed BMX Bike around a Designated Course
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Swimming
How the Swimsuit Impacts the Speed of Swim
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Polyester vs. Nylon: Which Material Is Best for Swimsuits?
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Tennis
Determine how well commercial tennis racket shock absorbers work.
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The possible connection between the elasticity of tennis string and it's ability to put spin on a ball
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Basketball
Learn if extreme climatic temperature changes would affect the bounce height and pressure of basketballs and if a recycled ball would perform as well as a synthetic or rubber basketball.
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Learn if the presence or absence of the basketball net affects free throw accuracy.
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Soccer
Determine whether a soccer ball's roll length varied on artificial Turf versus natural grass.
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Testing how useful soccer head protection is and which type is the most effective.
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Determining the Optimum Air Pressure for a Soccer Ball
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Determine if protective padding, known as headgear,could absorb the level of G force impacts in soccer which commonly result in concussions.
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Baseball
Coefficient of Restitution (COR): A Comparison of Major League and Little League Baseballs
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Determine whether cork, sawdust, or sponge, when illegally used as fillers in hollowed-out wooden baseball bats, will cause a baseball to travel farther upon impact compared to a heavier, solid wooden bat.
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Compare Rawlings and Diamond brand Little League Competition Grade Baseballs for consistency in their performance, size and weight.
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Find out if altitude, temperature, and average humidity have an effect on the number of home runs hit at Major League Baseball parks.
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Surfing
Why Are Polyurethane and Expanded Polystyrene Preferred over Other Types of Foams for Surfboard Cores?
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Football
Which area of a football, when kicked with a pendulum, will cause the football to travel the furthest distance.
R
The Effect of Football Helmet Padding Pressure on the Effect of Force of Impact
S
Golf
Test whether you can increase the distance and/or accuracy of your drives by switching to a different golf ball.
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Test whether an asymmetric dimple pattern on golf balls can produce straighter flight.
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How Does Tee Height Affect Driving Distance?
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Does Altitude Affect the Height of the Bounce of a Golf Ball?
S
The Effects a 10 Degree Titanium Driver Has on a Titleist Pro V1 Golf Ball at Impact
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Determine if the composition of a golf ball affects how far the ball travels (its aerodynamics).
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Discovering which golf ball spins the most after being hit from a 50-60 yd chip shot.
R
Paintball
The Effect of Barrel Lengths on Paintball Accuracy
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The Effect of Applied Temperature on the Accuracy of a 0.68 Paintball Projectile
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Determine if temperature affects the accuracy of a paintball shot.
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Airsoft Gun
The Effect of Lubricants on Airsoft Gun Accuracy
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Lacrosse
Does Barometric Pressure Affect the Velocity of a Lacrosse Ball?
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Softball
Test which length of plank will launch a softball the farthest.
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Table Tennis
Invenstigate forces that act upon a table tennis ball in motion and create a simulation in C++
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High School
- Grades
10,
11,
12
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R=Reference/Experiment   S=Sample Project
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Compare the hitting power and "sweet spots" of wood versus aluminum baseball bats.
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Find whether air resistance affects the trajectory of a tennis ball.
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The Effect of Varied Tennis String Tension on the Coefficient of Restitution
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Estimate the relative amount of strain put on the patellar tendon by various bending angles of the knee joint.
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Build an Isodynamic Spring Resistance System
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Study the effect of aerodynamics on speed in speed skiing.
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Useful Links
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R=Reference
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Aviation Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Engineering Science Fair Books
    
    
    
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