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!

Research Journals and Articles - Where to find information

Very few high schools have subscriptions or access to top science journals, and these can be too expensive for a typical high school budget. If you do not have any contacts with university sources or databases, it can be difficult to get primary, peer-reviewed literature for science research projects.

Here are some free online resources to help you gather information from reliable sources:
Literature Resources

Arxiv - a premier e-Print site for physics, computer science, mathematics, and some other fields. Many professional scientists post their research findings here prior to publication in the top peer-reviewed journals. Run through Cornell University.

ERIC - searches through education resources, including STEM areas.

Google Scholar - searches through journals; often one cannot get the full article without a journal subscription, but abstracts are available. Sometimes one can email the specific article information to a college contact, who can send the PDF of the article. Highly recommended.

Nature - one of the premier science journals; likely won't access full articles, but can find abstracts and publication information.

Physics Today - Mid-level articles on all types of physics related research.

Public Library of Science (PLOS) - find free journals and articles for biological research.

PubMed - for biological and life science research.

PubMed Central (PMC) - now includes all peer-reviewed articles published by any group that has any NASA funding. Browse all NASA articles in PMC. Search all PMC articles.

ScienceDirect - search engine for information in most science areas.

Science News - Good preliminary information on all types of research in all fields of study. Written at high school level.

Science Search - Can find articles published in the journal Science, one of the premier research journals.

Scientific American - find articles on just about any field of study. Often there are links to primary research articles.

Scientific Research - an Academic Publisher of open access journal articles, in all major STEM fields of study. Highly recommended.

Wikipedia - some teachers do not like or trust Wikipedia. However, for technical subjects this is often a good first step. Use the articles to find the citations list for some primary sources.

Student Science Research Publications Journals and Magazines:
Students can submit their research papers to the following journals for publication, and many of these types of articles can help inspire new project ideas and information on an enormous range of topics:


  • *Note that many CABS projects can be used by other teachers as lab demos, students labs, or inquiry projects for their students. You might consider searching through teacher professional journals, such as The Physics Teacher or The Science Teacher.


Video Resources

Khan Academy - video lessons if you are looking to learn about specific science topics.

NOVA Official website

Nova ScienceNow

TED Talks

YouTube Homepage



Online Courses

Alison - free science courses on selected topics

Codecademy - learn a variety of programming languages, including Python

Coursera - free online college courses, from numerous major research universities

EdX - free online college courses, from numerous major research universities

HarvardX - free online courses and MOOCs from Harvard

MIT OpenCourseWare - free online MIT courses.

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