Lighting Science Fair Projects for Kids

Lighting science fair experiments for kids can look at a number of things. Electronics science fair projects that use lighting will focus primarily on the design of the lighting system, however, you can advance these projects by seeing how electric lights affect people, animals and plants. Below are five hypotheses for various science fair projects. Feel free to use them.

Florescent lights cause more eye strain than natural light. This hypothesis can be used for lighting science fair projects. In these experiments you will want to see if a person's perceived eye strain differs when they read for an hour using a florescent light compared to when they read for an hour using natural light.

Natural light increases a person's productivity. In these lighting science fair experiments for kids you will want to see if students doing their homework while exposed only to natural light will get more done than students who are only exposed to artificial light sources. Make sure you identify variables that may impact your results such as the time of day, the students selected for the experiment and the amount of natural light that is available.

Incandescent light is better for your eyes than florescent lights. In these biology science fair projects you will want to compare perceived eye strain of people using incandescent lightbulbs compared to that of people using florescent lightbulbs. Variations on this experiment can look at the number of headaches produced by florescent lights compared to those produced by incandescent lights.

Does sunlight vs artificial light sources impact your metabolism? For this experiment you will want to see if exposure to natural and artificial light impacts a person's metabolism. To complete this experiment you will want to focus on heart rate. Chart a person's heart rate when they are exposed to natural light and chart the same person's heart rate when they are exposed to only artificial light. Was there a difference? What does this tell you about how artificial light affects human health?

Any of the above hypotheses can lead to a great science experiment project. The focus of these experiments were biology or medicine, however, they each started with an electronics experiment, the design of the lighting system. You can further advance these projects by taking what you learned from them to design a healthier artificial light source. The judges will appreciate your multistage project design and they will give you a much better score for your added effort.

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