Re: Hiking Related Science Project?

chad:
What a timely post.  My son (ninth grade) was just discussing this 
yesterday !!!!

I suggested that he experiment with how fast 2 cups of water came to 
a boil with different color pot bottoms.  Like trying black, yellow, 
blue, aluminum (silver).  It would be a bit messy because you'd 
either have to have four identical pots and paint them all, or strip 
off the paint from a single one.  You'd need to make sure that the 
starting water temperature was identical.

This would be a fairly straight forward one........many of the ones 
kids do end up being a lot of work.  Measuring calories burnt or 
breathability are difficult things.



~enoch.


--- In BackpackingLight-F5Bj5G+ccuY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "chadsoccer12" 
<outdoorscp@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi all. I am a 10th grade student, and at my school, in Sophmore 
year 
> it is required that you participate in Science Fair. I am 
> brainstorming ways to integrate hiking into my project. I am 
looking 
> for any ideas or suggestions you may have. So far I have thought of 
a 
> few: 
> Extensive stove testing, with different designs and using different 
> materials 
> 
> Weight vs effiency while hiking (packweight vs calories burned?) 
> 
> Possibly material testing for waterproofness and breathability ( I 
> have no idea as to how to go about this) 
> 
> Any thoughts? I'd try to make my results available to the hiking 
> community in the form of a web page or downloadable file. ALL ideas 
> are welcome. Thanks alot. 
> 
> Happy hiking 
> Chad L. 
> (sorry for the cross post)