8th Grader in need of a topic

[purest123]

Hi, I'm going to eighth grade next fall and know that I am required to do a science fair and I want to amass ideas for it (I'm one of those early birds).
I basically read the first ten pages of site when I googled "Science Fair projects" or "Science fair ideas", but most of them were
1. Too easy
2. Not in my interest
I mainly want to do a computer related and I'm pretty good at Python. I also would like it to be math related but that's optional. I also like physics stuff even though I don't know calculas.
Any Ideas?

[hiramuzammal]

You can try looking through these projects:

For Computer Science:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... l?from=TSW
For Pure Math:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... l?from=TSW

There are prompts at the bottom of the page that might lead you in a different direction and give you ideas for a unique project.

[hhemken]

If you opt for something involving programming, there is plenty of free code to build on at:

http://freshmeat.net/
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Code
http://www.python.org/about/apps/
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_ ... rds=python

Think of these sites as Home Depots of software parts. Just as you use pre-cut lumber, nails, screws, tools, PVC tubing, etc. to build things, you can use pre-built libraries as tools and parts to build something much bigger and more sophisticated than you could if you tried to write it all yourself.

[purest123]

I looked at those website from hiramuzammal but none of them
sparked an idea. I was looking for an advance stuff and nothing that
involves geometry (I'm taking Geometry next year so I only know
a limited amount). Also all the advanced math stuffs (8-10) link are
broken ( Topic Selection Wizard Timeout Error). Is there anything about
probability, or mathematical puzzles website that is available?

Thanks for your help!

[Lise Byrd]

Here a couple more websites you can explore:

http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
http://juliantrubin.com/fairprojects/ma ... tml#middle

Many math projects will also have a computer science/ programming aspect to them. I recall one project where the student was interested in finding out how much money casinos could expect to make. I believe she created a program that would play a card game, such as black jack, and analyzed the wins and losses of each player. There are also lots of projects you can do regarding number theory or patterns in number sequences. If you are interested in that kind of thing, I might suggest Googling your local or state science fair to see what others have done. I know the California State Science Fair also posts the participants' abstracts.

Sonia