Physics Extended Essay Suggestions

[Revolution]

I am a high school student who is extremely passionate about physics. As part of the IB program, I need to pick a question and write an extended essay by next September using about 40 hours to write approximately 4,000 words. I chose physics for my subject area, and would appreciate some suggestions for a viable question that I could research and write about given these restraints. The question should be something that I can research with local equipment and needs to pertain to something in the course outline. The course outline is at this link: http://www.haef.gr/gr/pcl/ib/physics.pdf , starting on page 43.

Thank you!

 

[jtbell]

Are you going to give us credit for any help that you receive here?

 

[bossman27]

When you say, "research with local equipment", are you supposed to perform an experiment? Also, what's your mathematical background?

 

[Revolution]

@jtbell - I don't have any experience with citing forums, but I'll make sure to credit these forums in the final bibliography.

@bossman27 - Yes, for the scientific subject areas (chemistry, biology, physics) each student is supposed to perform an experiment on their topic. Local equipment just means whatever I can access directly - preferably household or high school level equipment. I am currently taking AP Calculus BC/IB Math HL.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I think what jtbell was getting at is that, according to what you posted, you need to pick the question.