You already know that playing video games is fun, but so is making them, and that takes a lot of science! With our collection of video game related science and engineering projects you can try your hand at making your own video games, or explore how video games impact how people think, remember, and move.
Male or female? Fat or skinny? Outgoing or quiet? What is your stereotype of a "gamer"? Do your friends have the same mental picture of gamers? How about your parents? This science fair project will help you examine whether the stereotypes of "gamers" actually matches the reality of who plays video games.
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Games_p021
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Time Required
Long (2-4 weeks)
Prerequisites
None
Material Availability
Readily available
Cost
Very Low (under $20)
Safety
If you choose to distribute your survey to strangers in a public place, make sure you are aware of your own personal safety and stay in well-lit areas with plenty of foot traffic. Adult supervision is recommended when distributing a survey in public.
Imagine yourself as a software engineer, a decade and a half from now. You are called upon to help solve the world energy crisis by programming nano-organisms (NANORGs) to extract energy from industrial sludge. Your program must be small enough to fit in the NANORGs' tiny processors, yet at the same time meet several challenges. First and foremost, your NANORGs need to navigate on their own, extract energy from the sludge, and find collection points to deliver the harvested energy. Second,…
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CompSci_p021
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Time Required
Long (2-4 weeks)
Prerequisites
Previous computer programming experience, familiarity with assembly language programming is helpful.
