Hockey Science Fair Projects

Hockey science fair projects examine all of the elements that come together in a game of hockey. However, when most students develop an NHL science fair project they create physics science fair projects. These projects look at science concepts like force, surface tension, friction and momentum.

Developing great hockey science fair projects start with selecting a variable to manipulate. One variable that you can manipulate is surface tension. Surface tension generally applies to liquids, however, in the case of hockey it relates to the thin layer of water that forms on the surface of the ice that gives the hockey player the ability to slide on the ice.

Another variable that you can experiment with in your hockey science fair projects is friction. Friction is going to be a factor that impacts a hockey player's ability to generate speed, to stop and to move the puck on the ice. You can manipulate the amount of friction in your experiment by making adjustments to things like heat, ice skate blade design and body mechanics.

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If you are interested in engineering as well as physics then you will want to develop a science fair project around the design of ice skate blades. The shape, length, thickness and even the material that the blade is made from can be modified to create different skating outcomes. For example, you can determine what blade shape is best suited for speed and which one is best suited for maneuverability.

Momentum can also be examined in your hockey project. Elements that impact momentum, such as the physical characteristics of the hockey player and the conditions in the hockey rink, can be manipulated so that you can collect data. You will then take this data and find relationships between the variable and momentum.

Designing a winning science fair project is a challenge. It requires innovations, ingenuity and imagination. Fortunately all of these things come easier when you are interested in the subject that you are experimenting with.