What is School project: Definition and 56 Discussions

Coursework is work performed by students or trainees for the purpose of learning. Coursework may be specified and assigned by teachers, or by learning guides in self-taught courses. Coursework can encompass a wide range of activities, including practice, experimentation, research, and writing (e.g., dissertations, book reports, and essays). In the case of students at universities, high schools and middle schools, coursework is often graded and the scores are combined with those of separately assessed exams to determine overall course scores. In contrast to exams, students may be allotted several days or weeks to complete coursework, and are often allowed to use text books, notes, and the Internet for research.
In universities, students are usually required to perform coursework to broaden knowledge, enhance research skills, and demonstrate that they can discuss, reason and construct practical outcomes from learned theoretical knowledge. Sometimes coursework is performed by a group so that students can learn both how to work in groups and from each other.

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    Engineering I need help with my DC Motor Project

    Hi so I'm making a DC motor for my school project and I have no clue why it doesn't work properly. I used copper wire to make the coil (around 50 windings) and put that around a wooden axle (the windings and the coil itself are secured using tape and cable ties), I have a split ring commutator...
  2. jkengineer

    High School Project - Mini Airhockey Table with Robotic Arm

    [Mentor Note -- This thread start is outside of the normal scope of PF, but we are allowing it because it's a pretty well-done project for the level of the student] :smile: Hi all, I would like to share my high school engineering project - A Mini Airhockey table with Robotic Defender...
  3. hi8192

    I getting my homemade DC motor to work (school project)

    hi everyone, i need to build a dc motor for my school project. I have used copper wire for the turns (60 turns), wood to build the structure of the armature and commutator. i have used neodymium magnets as my permanent magnets and paper clips as the brushes. I tried using a 9v battery with a...
  4. P

    Building a DIY multimeter for my school project

    Hello all, I am a college student from the UK and as part of my course i have to do a project, I have been given a project to do which is to Design a portable electronics circuit that can be used for training. It must be; Able to measure current, voltage and resistance. Operate on 10 Volts DC...
  5. Lietenacious

    Best truss bridge design for this school project?

    Summary:: In my course, we have to design a truss bridge (made out of balsa wood sticks) that can withstand the most weight compared to its mass. It’s our final, so very important haha. One of the rules is we can’t stack the wood right on top of each other to support it (just preventing us from...
  6. Roberta314

    Physics Project Ideas for this Competition please (self-propelled car)

    Hey guys I'm currently working on a school physics project and I need some ideas for it. So basically the goal of the project is to create a vehicle that has to propel itself forward by firing a projectile backwards. The vehicle will be judged based on a scoring system that includes 3 criteria...
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    B MHD pump idea for school project

    Hello everyone, I wanted to ask one question. My friend has a physics exam at school were the topic is to come up with a interesting yet simple physical device that would prove a single or multiple physics concepts. Now we were thinking that it would be interesting to experiment with the...
  8. Vivan Vatsa

    I want to Fetch Ideas for my School Project

    Hello Forumers, Its been very long time since I haven't not been on PF. Today that streak ends! I want ideas for my physics school project. please give me some great ideas & where to find it! please keep the following in mind while giving ideas:- 1. I am 12th Grade student 2. I want a...
  9. Zachery Jordan

    Misc. Can You Build a Hoverboard Using Air Compression and Clever Engineering?

    How can I create a hoverboard similar to the one on back to future using air compression and clever engineering if needed?
  10. CivilSigma

    Courses Publishing School Project Report?

    In class, we were assigned a project about analysis of a loads, load paths and calculations of deflection of a girder in actual plans. My report ( a total of 50 pages) is divided into two sections : the first talking about some theory and the second presenting calculations. Do you think this...
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    B What were the contributions of the hidden figures to the early space program?

    There is a movie out--"Hidden Figures"--about how three women launched the space program; or something like that. My daughter wants to write about them for a school project. I keep suggesting my daughter write about Sophie Germain, or Emmy Noether, Daubechies or Hypatia. But my daughter...
  12. blixel

    Class Project: Tennis Ball Launcher

    What I'm here to find out I am in the early stages of planning for a tennis ball launcher I'm doing with my group for a class project. I want to find 2 cheap electric motors that will spin fast enough, and have enough torque, so that I can attach some wheels to the spinning motors for the...
  13. J

    How fast will 120 psi travel through a 3 inch tube in mph?

    I need help finding out how fast 120 psi will travel though a 3 inch tube in mph. My partners are counting on me and thanks to anyone that can help me.
  14. W

    I need to interview an engineer for a school project.

    For my engineering class I have to interview a person who is currently an engineer. I was hoping somebody could help answer some questions, it'd be greatly appreciated. • Please describe your engineering field. • What is your current job title? • Please describe your particular job and...
  15. J

    B What is the basic science behind fire?

    So I'm not the best at typing English, so please bare with me. So I have a school project to a 6. Grade class, who was never heard of atoms or how anything reacts (maybe they have, but not much) so I don't know what to type, so that it's understandable and gets the information into them. I have...
  16. R

    Designing a driven spring mass system for school project

    Homework Statement I have a math project due in a month. The topic i chose to present was second order differential equations, so i felt like making a driven spring mass system to demonstrate resonance and nice things like that. I have a few questions about materials and design and such and...
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    Air Cannon School Project Firing Paper Projectile

    Hey guys building an air cannon for class that shoots a wad of paper from a normal sheet of 8.5/11 paper will be dry. Question is... Is Psi more important or CFM with this light weight projectile? Plan on building from PVC, can do 100psi easy. Plan on using a diaphragm valve with a solenoid for...
  18. AEGIS

    High school project -- Finding mass flow rate, air velocity

    Hi, First-timer here! I'm designing a physics project that involves pumping a certain pressure of air into an empty bottle. SETUP: The bottom of the bottle has a small hole through which a thumb tack fits tightly; the top (cap-side) has a valve through which the air is inserted. The bottle is...
  19. T

    Magnets - looking for help with school project

    Hi everyone, I have a little magnets project for school i need to accomplish and I'm a little stuck.. hoping someone with the right knowledge of magnets could assist me here :) I need to build a small magnetic gate which can push forward a steel ball (but not too far away). the idea is to...
  20. Illicithunter

    School project for tracing radio transmission

    I need to trace a simple radio transmission for school. It's a signal that is broadcasting some talk radio. If I could locate the signal within a couple hundred feet I get an A. Extra credit is for jamming, re-directing or scrambling the signal. Any ideas for any of the said process. It's...
  21. R

    Water hydro statics and presure

    hey guys. bellow is an upside down cone frustum with the dimensions given bellow where the green R is the radius of the larger circle and the blue r is the radius of the smaller circle and the red h to be the height of the object knowing that volume of this shape is calculated as...
  22. S

    School Project using water to deactivate alarm

    < Mentor Note -- thread moved to HH from the technical engineering forums, so no HH Template is shown > Hello! My partners and I are trying to create a alarm that is set to go off at a certain time then is turned off by pouring water on a water or moisture sensor. We have a few ideas but they...
  23. S

    Battery school project assistance

    Hello everyone! I'm almost done with a project of mine and I'm creating a battery with an aluminum casing around. Inside I have a copper electrode (cathode) and due to lack of finding a correct dimension I have to resort to using a stainless steel anode (and I'm also running out of time) So I...
  24. A

    School Project Help: FeO3 + Magnets to Solve Water Problem

    < Mentor Note -- thread moved to HH from the ME forum > Hello, Currently I am a high school junior in Egypt and I have a project this semester to solve the water problem in Egypt from any aspect whether scarcity, pollution or desalination or overuse in agriculture. and I thought of using...
  25. Kostas Tzim

    Exploring Galaxies and Stars: Interesting Facts for a School Project

    Hello people! , I got to do a school project and i chose to find information about galaxies and stars...i found interesting because i never studied about them..and i thought it was time to learn some things..at first i was about to choose the topic about black holes but i thought it would be too...
  26. B

    Exploring D0 → K+ K- Decay for School Project

    Hi, I am working on D 0 →K+ K− for my school project. I looked for any similar subjects and essays, i could not find this specific decay, i could write the form factors and also effective hamiltonian by myself but unfortunately i have problem writing the equations for LCDA ( light cone...
  27. E

    Designing a Self-Supporting Egg Catcher: A Scientific Approach

    Hello, I'm looking for any ideas that you geniuses may have! We have to design a device that will catch a (hardboiled) egg from 7 meters high. It can be made from any material/objects but must be under 5 cm tall (the sides can be as wide as wanted) and must be self-supporting. The device will...
  28. P

    Gas turbine that uses pressurised air as a school project

    hello. I have to design and test a gas turbine that uses pressurised air as a project. however the problem is, I don't know where to start. can anyone please help me? do I start with the blades or the housing? I have seen some videos on youtube, but this is a university project and I think its...
  29. J

    School project: shoes that produce energy

    Hello together, we are working on a project on energy production in connection with shoes. That means, we want to manufacture a shoe that you can use to load a battery. Our model is a pocket lamp that you have to shake to make it flash. Now we want to know how to build in a capacitator to...
  30. G

    Optimal Steel Profile and Hook Design for Crane Beam Project

    while study i have been given a task from mine teacher to make the beam for the crane... https://www.physicsforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68016&stc=1&d=1395850228 The steel profile is fix one end. The other end, ends with a hook which takes the form of two ears, welded on both...
  31. P

    Designing Ailerons for School Project Wing

    Good day everyone, I was designning the wing for a school project and I wonder if there is any equation for defining the aileron size. I am designing a straight rectangular wing. I just found on other forums that the aileron's length should be 0.25 of the wingspan and the aileron chord should be...
  32. C

    Stirling Engine School Project Help

    I need to generate electricity from this, how would I do so? I was thinking about placing magnets on the flywheel and using silver wiring as a conductor. This needs to power an RC cars electric motor so I can drive the thing and I have little to no experience with anything electrical. Any...
  33. H

    School project help: Window tint in reducing the temperature of car.

    Homework Statement Here's the question for my coursework. "Everyone knows the feeling of getting into a car that has been under the hot sun.Nobody likes it. Design an experiment and investigate the factor(s) that contribute to this condition." Here's my question, 1)Do window tint really helps...
  34. C

    School project - create reflective device from waste material

    I am in process of doing a project for school. The basic aim of the project is to address the following issue. I live in a country where we have a lot of street vendors and beggars that stand in the street at night and as a result are not visible to oncoming traffic. i would like to create a...
  35. R

    What to build for high school project?

    I'm doing a high school physics project on particle accelerators. I know it's not realistic to build an actual particle accelerator, but I'd love to be able to build some model of something that works to go along with the powerpoint. I saw a video of someone using a ping pong ball with...
  36. I

    I need an electrical engineer to interview for high school project

    Hello, I'm a high school student who is doing a career project. My interest is in electrical engineering, and I need to interview a professional in this field. For someone who is answering these following questions- it would be great if you would answer thoughtfully. If you would like to answer...
  37. G

    What Should I Choose for My Year-Long Physics Project?

    This year in my school, we get to do huge project on whatever we want (literally, whatever we want- someone is brewing their own beer, someone is writing some songs, etc.). Of course, I want to do mine on something physics related, but I'm not quite sure what I should do... Some ideas that I...
  38. S

    High school project in mathematics, original research

    I have been thinking about doing my 'high school project' in mathematics and I would like to do some original research. So my question is: Which areas of mathematics would be most suited for me? Having in mind that I'm still in high school, although I have taken some (fundamental) math...
  39. S

    Need help for School Project

    I have to do an investogatory project in school and we can choose the topic of our choice. My teacher has suggested an experiment where we could study the damping effect of a pendulum in three different media-air, water and magnetic field. This sounds pretty interesting (and pretty simple) to...
  40. R

    Combine bluetooth transmitter in a school project

    hey im in 11th grade and I am in a electorinc trend at school, we have to make a project for school and i want to combine bluetooth technology in it. i looked i looked Through the internet for guilding- how it is built, are there any protocols, how to use / transmit/recive - everything. so far i...
  41. E

    Please help me with my school project

    Please help me with my school project! I'm in AP Physics in High School right now, and the teacher just assigned our class to design a locker alarm. It must turn on when the locker is opened and turn off when the locker is closed. However, there's a restriction: the alarm must turn on when 2...
  42. A

    [School project] Making diamond

    Hey there, First of all I want to apologize for my English, haha. So for a project I came up with the idea of making diamond. It sounds a bit impossible, but I've found some good theories (and proven) experiments. 1 is with pure alcohol, and the other one is about making diamond with a...
  43. A

    Can road accidents be prevented with magnets? School project

    [b]1. The problem: I am a grade 10 student and I have a physics project. I want to try to stop most road accidents because many lives are lost on the roads daily. Then I got a idea, I heard that rollercoasters stop with magnets and I thought that we could stop crashes the same way with minimum...
  44. D

    What is your current GPA? Survey for School Project

    Hey all, I am doing a project in school and I need people to fill out this survey. Please only take it if you are in school and know your current GPA. Thanks a bunch guys. Thanks again. -Dayyou Edit: Changed the link so it works. Edit 2: Took down the link because I have gotten all the data I...
  45. N

    School Project - Global warming

    Hello. We are 3 boys who writes about global warming for a school project, and we would like to hear your opinion about; Whethever you think it is caused by the humans or whether it is just a phase in the Earth's cycle. And who/what do you think, is the cause of global warming. About what...
  46. C

    Need to interview a Computer Hardware Engineer for school project

    Hi. I'm new here, so sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. Wasn't sure if I needed to post this in the Homework section, but this is basically something for an in-school project. I need to interview a Computer Hardware Engineer for my Principles of Engineering class at my high school. If...
  47. L

    Can a Lightweight Hydraulic Car Jack Be a Viable School Project Idea?

    I'm looking for some ideas for my mechanical engineering school project. It can be anything but needs to have at least two of the following: Machining Welding Automatisation Assembly Also it must be entirely realisable during the semester. Really not looking at making stirling engines...
  48. I

    Stock Market Contest [School project]

    Hi, I have an English project (10th grade) for which I will need to buy shares (with fake money). We have ~ 10 200 $ (fake money) to invest. We were told by our teacher to write down the company name, ticker symbol, price per share (at closing), number of shares bought and the total...
  49. I

    High school project to propel a toy rocket as high as possible

    My sister has a high school competition to make a miniature rocket that shoots up - where the highest reaching rocket wins. The best Idea I can think of is using * a two liter pepsi/coke bottle and have a system to drop a whole roll of mentos into it * hopefully without tearing the...
  50. B

    High school project - water bottle rocket

    Greetings ladies and gentlemen, I'm a high schooler, currently involved with a project regarding water-bottle rockets. My goal is to measure the force output of various water-air ratios of a water-rocket through force-sensors, and from that determine the maximum height reached by the rocket...
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