Science Fair Projects

Q32: Ideas for science fair projects?

A32: You should check with your science teacher about any special rules and restrictions. Fractals are really an area of mathematics and mathematics may be a difficult topic for science fairs with an experimental bias.

1. Modelling real-world phenomena with fractals, e.g. Lorenz's weathers models or fractal plants and landscapes
2. Calculate the fractal (box-counting) dimension of a leaf, stone, river bed
3. How long is a coastline?, see The Fractal Geometry of Nature
4. Check books and web sites aimed at high school students.