You Tube Science Fair Projects: Ideas for You

You Tube science fair projects are becoming very popular. In fact a lot of kids are posting their science fair projects online to get feedback that they can use to improve their project's design. Teachers and science companies can take advantage of this latest trend by utilize multimedia tools like YouTube to encourage kids to complete science projects.

The Energy Lab allows you to experiment with energy conservation such as biomass, geothermal, hydorelectric, solar and wind. Ages 8 and up.

The Snap-Micro™ Controller Trainer is a way to learn about how micro-controllers are used. The easy to follow instructions guides you through the programming of basic commands by using flow charts to operate the micro-controller. Ages 12 and up.

If you are a student who is interested in posting a electronics science fair project on YouTube, then you may want to start by first practicing with a sample project. Sample magnets and magnetism science fair projects, like the one posted below, work great as practice projects. You can use this project to practice your skills conducting an experiment and presenting your findings in an oral presentation. This presentation can then be filmed and posted on YouTube or your school's website.

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Objective

this experiment you will experiment with induction and test if the number of turns of wire will affect the amount of electricity in a circuit.

Procedures

Did you know that the electricity induced from a magnet (electromagnetic electricity), a battery (voltaic electricity) and lightning (static electricity) are all the same? This was shown in 1832 by a famous scientist named Michael Faraday. But his most famous experiment was in 1831, when he made an "induction ring" and discovered something called electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire (EIA, date unknown).

Faraday's experiments form the basis of most modern technology, and he is remembered as one of the world's greatest experimental physicists. He invented the first electric generator and is also known as the father of the electric transformer, the electric motor, and electrolysis. He wrote the "Law of Induction" and is known for the "Faraday Effect." Because of his important discoveries, two units in physics were named in his honor: the farad (for capacitance) and the faraday (as a unit of charge).

In this experiment you will build a simple induction circuit to test the properties of electromagnetic induction. You will change the number of turns of wire in the circuit to investigate the relationship between the number of turns and the amount of electricity that is induced. Will more turns increase or decrease the amount of electricity in the circuit?

After you are done with your practice experiment you can design your own YouTube science fair projects and post it for comments. When you put together your own project remember to speak clearly, to have someone help you film the project and to not mention anything about yourself beyond your grade level or age. To make the file size manageable, try to keep your YouTube video under three minutes. To promote your YouTube video you can blog about it, talk about it in class and tell your teacher about your project. Who knows, you may inspire your classmates to complete and post their own online science fair project video.