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!

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Former students do a CABS type project to help fight COVID-19

Former students, now attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, came up with an idea to help fight COVID-19. Cell phones are things we all use and touch, especially teens and college students, dozens if not hundreds of times per day. And we touch our phones constantly after doing any daily tasks, which involves touching all sorts of other items, sometimes in public spaces. What if there are patches of objects covered by a virus like COVID-19? That means our phones can be covered with the virus and easily transferred to any other location we go. While we hopefully wash our hands, the virus could still be on our phone!

These students found an article with an interesting bit of information, that COVID-19 did not remain on copper surfaces. What if a cheap copper plated cell phone case could be made and sold? The students worked on the specs, got a 3-D printed prototype of a case, and then copper plated it themselves in a garage. They are now getting ready to sell these special cases. Check out how they describe going through this process! 


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