120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
10 projects for Grade 12
Run a two-group reaction time experiment, calculate means and standard error, and decide whether the difference is real.
1.3 to 2 hr · 4 materialsView projectCrash two toy carts together, measure speeds from video, and test whether total momentum is conserved.
1.3 to 2 hr · 7 materialsView projectRecord how a cup of hot water cools, fit an exponential model, and use it to predict the temperature at a later time.
1 to 2 hr · 6 materialsView projectChart the voltage across a charging capacitor and fit the exponential curve to find the time constant.
1.2 to 1.8 hr · 7 materialsView projectRoll a solid cylinder and a hollow tube down the same ramp and use the winner to test a prediction from rotational physics.
1.2 to 1.8 hr · 6 materialsView projectFind the fastest route on a weighted map by hand, then turn the method into code.
1.2 to 2 hr · 4 materialsView projectDrop stacks of coffee filters, measure their steady fall speed, and show how air drag grows with speed.
1 to 1.7 hr · 5 materialsView projectDiscover why the average of two numbers is never less than their geometric mean and use it to solve optimization problems.
1 to 1.7 hr · 3 materialsView projectCut squares from a sheet to fold an open box, then model its volume and find the cut that holds the most.
60 to 90 min · 7 materialsView projectSolve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, find the minimum number of moves, and prove your formula by induction.
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