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 Offers 47 experiments of varied difficulty on topics ranging from buoyancy to simple machines.  Science Fair Projects About the Properties of Matter: Using Marbles, Water, Ballons, and More  Sports Science Projects: The Physics of Balls in Motion  Forces and Motion Science Fair Projects: Using Water Balloons, Pulleys, and Other Stuff  Science Fair Success Using Newton's Laws of Motion  Light, Sound, and Waves Science Fair Projects: Using Sunglasses, Guitars, Cds, and Other Stuff  Janice VanCleave's Magnets: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects Gives instructions for and explains the principles behind a variety of simple physics experiments. |
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What is a shadow?
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Discover the relationship between magnification and optical distance of a lens. R Do some colors absorb more sunlight than others? R R What makes white light R A journey through a wonderful world of bright colors. S Interdisciplinary Topic: Sun & Light |
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Light Energy Effects on Matter
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Identify the reflection and refraction properties of light. S How does colour affect the amount of light absorbed or reflected. S Make your own jelly lenses and have fun with bending light. R How Lenses Work: Testing the Lensmaker's Formula R The most efficient automobile sunshade R What color light shines the brightest through fog? S Investigate the spectrum of light S Black holes and time S What is Synchrotron Light? S
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Learn about mixing and subtracting the primary colors of visible light.
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Investigate whether different frequencies of light contain different amounts of energy. R Determine whether depth affects the ability to see color underwater. R Why has the sky multiple colors at different times and places during the day? R Why is The Sky Blue R S What film speed is most tolerant to light? S What ophthalmic lenses best absorb ultraviolet light? S Determine whether the average number of calories produced by each 1.25 inch mirror tile in a concentrating solar array would remain constant as the size of the array was changed. R Learn whether the denstiy of a liquid medium would affect the way it refracts light. R Determine if photons in sunlight exhibit detectable mass properties when striking a mechanical detector. R Determine the effect of sugar concentration on the index of refraction (IOR) of sugar solutions R Can Fiber Optic Wire Light a Home? R At What Angle Does Refracted Light Create a Mirage? R Spectral Lines Emitted by Noble Gases R Diffractive Bending of Laser Beams Around Objects R Find out whether the distance between double-slits in a slide would affect the resulting interference fringes the same way with a piece of glass placed in front of one slit. R Polarimetry: Measuring the Optical Activity of Sugars R The Burning Mirror of Archimedes: A Weapon of Mast Destruction? R Use the wavelengths of primary colors to calculate the frequencies of additive colors, as well as white light. R Determine what properties of mediums affect the light reflection, refraction and intensity of different liquids. R Will high frequency plasma affect infrared spectrum viewing? R How Do Different Color Filters Affect the Energy of a Laser Beam? R Follow in the steps of Newton, Herschel and Ritter and discover the spectrum of light R Repeat Herschel's infrared experiment R Hand-drawn holograms R Build a stereoscope to see in three dimensions (3D) a solid body R Which objects or substances are best at blocking out ultraviolet rays? S Determine if different colors of light bulbs would have different percentages of light pass through a prism. S Find out the effect of different isolation tables and developing times on a holograms visible range of color. S How does sugar density affect the index of refraction of water? R Investigate what do lasers go through? R Will the light intensity behave as stated by the Inverse Square Law? S Interdisciplinary Topic: Sun & Light |
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Using a Laser to Measure the Speed of Light in Jello
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Measuring the Speed of 'Light' with a Microwave Oven R Absorption of Radiant Energy by Different Colors R Determine if the densities of different materials change the speed of light R Effects of Temperature and Solute Concentration on Index of Refraction R Enhance the effectiveness of an Michelson interferometer by submerging the reference mass in liquid. R R A Novel Approach to the Design and Engineering of Anchor Lights with LED's to Increase Efficiency R A Study of the Mysterious Nature of Light R Determining the Type of Particle in an Air Sample by Using Laser Light Scattering R The Spectrum Intensity and Its Relationship to Temperature R Determine the effect of temperature on a liquid's refraction of light. R Determine the effect of color on the characteristics of a heat barrier material. R Color vs. heat absorption: comparing the emissivity of light for different colors R Build a stereoscopic microscope R R Build a glass-sphere microscope R Follow in the steps of Thomas Young and perform the double slit experiment R How do different obstacles affect radio waves? S Find out which is affected greater by changes in temperature - fiber optic cable or copper wire? S Interdisciplinary Topic: Sun & Light |
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