Any Science Fair Project Ideas?

[txzrider]

find someone with an electric lawn mower you can borrow, mow a yard with it and contrast the difference between the amount of electricity used and where it came from(coal, wind, oil, etc...) and what gasoline would cost along with its bad environmental effects. they sell cheap watt meters these days that you can use to determine electricity used. include costs for oil changes and associated costs for reclaiming and reuse of the old oil. if you teacher wants you to do the project over several weeks time, then do multiple lawns and gather more data. you could even look up an instructables article about converting a lawm mower to propane cheaply, then compare them all.

 

[LawnBoy97]

That sounds pretty good. Unfortunately, there is snow on the ground here where I am at. So I think I will talk to my teacher tomorrow to see what she thinks, and then go from there. But thanks for the input, I think I still may be able to do something with that.

 

[pugaltitude]

Do the same with petrol and electric snowblowers.

 

[pugaltitude]

How about tests on fuel consumption on certain gas powered equipment in certain cutting conditions.
Long grass to low grass.

Or

Find out which is quickest way to cut grass? Going at a steady pace or having your mower in top gear,
ie as fast as it go's.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

How about tests on fuel consumption on certain gas powered equipment in certain cutting conditions.
Long grass to low grass.

Or

Find out which is quickest way to cut grass? Going at a steady pace or having your mower in top gear,
ie as fast as it go's.

Yeah, I like those ideas...especially the first one!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[LawnBoy97]

Maybe that is something that I can test in the summer, just for fun, but there is still the problem with the snow.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Maybe that is something that I can test in the summer, just for fun, but there is still the problem with the snow.

Oh, yeah....I forgot. :frown:

 

[LawnBoy97]

Okay, well in wood shop we are design and building co2 powered dragsters, so I am going to base my project on those. Thanks for the suggestions, though, and if you have any more, feel free to keep posting because I get really bored over the summer and I am sure there are a few projects that could fill in the time. Thanks!

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Okay, well in wood shop we are design and building co2 powered dragsters, so I am going to base my project on those. Thanks for the suggestions, though, and if you have any more, feel free to keep posting because I get really bored over the summer and I am sure there are a few projects that could fill in the time. Thanks!

Yeah, I remember when we made Co2 dragsters! :thumbsup: If you do a project over the summer post it here....I would be very interested to hear the results! :thumbsup:

 

[LawnBoy97]

Cool, thanks.