Most high schools hold an annual science fair competition during which students enrolled in the various courses in the sciences disciplines including physics present the results or findings they came to after having conducted a specialized experiment highlighting the knowledge attained in that year's coursework. Some high school physics teachers refer to these projects as being "investigatory"
. giving a nod to level of work conducted in college laboratories for which high school science students are being prepared.As physics is the study of energy and matter and the relationships between them, high school physics research projects most generally seek to explain or better understand occurrences in the natural world.A visit to http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/recommender_interest_area.php?ia=Phys&dl=9 nets a variety of high school level physics experiments designed to succinctly answer questions regarding the natural relationship between matter and energy. Questions such as what is the fastest way to cool soda or how to build a raft powered by surface tension and how to make airplanes invisible to radar are the topics of just three of the experiments listed at this site. Instructions regarding materials and mode of operation are included for each experiment suggested.Internet users seeking interactive demonstrations of high school science projects can visit http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/education.html?edutag=High+School+Physics&limit=20. this site offers more than 7,500 examples across the science spectrum with 286 of those being specifically-related to physics. By clicking on the icon for a particular experiment, the reader can access information on how-to conduct the experiment as well as watch an interactive demonstration of the experiment being conducted.For those seeking video instruction to select a physics project, a visit to http://www.google.com/#q=high+school+physics+projects&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADRA_enUS436&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=vid&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=rYHmTubGM-Po2gX5s_27BA&ved=0CG0QqwQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=6299d1f83086b0a&biw=1680&bih=828 provides several results for making homemade generators, how to test atmospheric pressures and the law of electromagnetic induction. These videos are created and posted by actual high school students and while they are not of professional grade, these videos do highlight successes and failures and provide insights from the peers of high school students preparing to conduct physics experiments. More reference links: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/recommender_interest_area.php?ia=Phys&dl=9 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/education.html?edutag=High+School+Physics&limit=20
