Partially Guided Experiments for SFYC 2016

1. Do you think increasing the number of blades will affect the efficiency of a boats
propeller?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
2. How does the frequency of a guitars string vibration change as the length of the string is
changed by fretting it ?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
3. Does the type of vegetable oil affect the quantity of soap it produces?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
4. Build a roller coaster track for marbles and investigate how much of the potential energy
of a marble at the beginning of the track is converted to kinetic energy at various points
along the track.
Investigate and explain the concepts involved.
5. Find out how the tension on the muscle of an arm changes as the angle of the arm
changes by building a simple mechanical model.
Investigate and explain the concepts involved.
6. How does a springs vibration frequency change with different spring stiffness?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
7. Design and build your own balloon-powered car that will travel as far as possible.
Explain the concepts involved.
8. Do different temperatures affect the strength of magnets?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts
involved9. Design an experiment to investigate different materials that produce the
most static electricity.
Explain the concepts involved.
9. Design an experiment to investigate different materials that produce the most static
electricity.
Explain the concepts involved.
10. How does the power of water affect the time taken to lift a weight?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
11. How effective are different sunscreen products in blocking harmful UV radiation from
sunlight?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
12. How does a battery's voltage change over time as it is used in a common household
device?
Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the concepts involved.
13. Determine how a radiometers rotation speed varies with the amount of light striking it.
Investigate and explain the concepts involved through an experiment.
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14. Do the number of magnets affect the loudness of a paper speaker?
. Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the
concepts involved.
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15. Determine which gear ratio setting on a bicycle will result in the
. highest speed.
Investigate and explain the concepts involved through an experiment.
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16. Different cooking oils contain different level of saturated fat.
. Design an experiment to investigate the statement above and explain
the concepts involved.
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17. Sound travels faster in cool temperatures or in hot temperatures?
. Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the
concepts involved.
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18. Does temperature affect the voltage generation of a solar cell?
. Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the
concepts involved.
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Do different vegetable oils affect the energy of a biodiesel?

Design an experiment to investigate the query above and explain the
concepts involved.

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. 20. Design an experiment to reduce the contents of dissolved metal ions
in different types of hard water.
Explain the concepts involved.