CABS - Center for Advancement of Basement Science: April 2019

What is CABS?

This site will help high school students and teachers find original, independent science research topics and questions that can be done without a professional lab...these can be done in a school lab or even in one's basement! The project ideas and research questions being developed and presented here have been vetted and could lead to true discoveries, and not just finding already known results. See our Welcome message. These are the types of projects that could be done and submitted to high school contests such as the Regeneron Science Talent Search, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, or the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, and be competitive. If you have an idea to share, or a question about one of the project ideas, contact us at vondracekm@eths202.org.

Pages (on the right side of the screen) have lists of ideas for different types of science research projects, and clicking on one of those ideas will take you to posts with details and all sorts of information about that type of project. Get more information about why there is a need for CABS!

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Potential mathematics-based research: fractal patterns in geology

As I watch a Netflix show, "Forces of Nature," there are stunning aerial photos of crevices in the earth's surface. These look more like patterns in fern leaves, or of artery networks of the body. Perhaps there are students who are interested in learning about and applying fractal geometry to the analysis natural systems. Geological features of the earth could provide some interesting possibilities for such a study. This could be done locally in various parts of the country if one had a drone to get some aerial photos of nearby locations, and see what type of geometrical/fractal patterns exist and may be interesting to analyze. Other students may be interested in trying to explain how and why such patterns are formed in the first place.