1.
Project Task: Design a passive wick system that delivers a targeted mass flow rate of water per
hour to a plant root zone against gravity without electrical power.
Materials: Cotton/nylon cords of varying thicknesses, plastic cup reservoir, plant pot, ruler.
2. Project Task: Build a mechanical jack that uses a small input force from a 5 mL piston to lift a 2–
5 kg weight mounted on the 50 mL piston.
Materials: 5 mL syringe, 50 mL syringe, flexible aquarium tubing, water, small wooden frame
3. Project Task: Build a submarine vessel that can switch between positive, neutral, and negative
buoyancy by pumping water out using air pressure.
Materials: Small plastic bottle, flexible tubing, 6V mini air pump or syringe, metal washers for
ballast.
4. Project Task: Design a self-opening gate that stays closed during normal water levels but
automatically pivots open due to the shift in hydrostatic center of pressure when floodwaters
reach a critical height.
Materials: Acrylic/stiff plastic plate, wooden pivot, rubber seal, small counterweights.
5. Project Task: Build a mechanical float valve that automatically stops water entering a tank
when the water reaches a specified level.
Materials: PET bottle/float, plastic tubing, small valve, wooden sticks, hinge, water container,
rubber bands
6. Project Task: Build a battery-operated vacuum cleaner from a bottle and fan.
Materials: PET bottle, small DC fan/blower, battery, tubing, bottle cap, filter mesh,
cardboard/plastic sheet
7. Project Task: Build an air-powered liquid sprayer that draws water into an airflow without a
separate liquid pump.
Materials: Straws/PVC tubes, small fan or compressed-air source, thin liquid tube, bottle, water,
food colouring
8. Project Task: Build a device that keeps a ping-pong ball suspended in an air stream and
investigate why it returns after displacement.
Materials: Ping-pong ball, fan/hair dryer, cardboard/PVC nozzle, stand, thread
9. Project Task: Build a miniature cyclone separator that separates out solid particles from fluid.
Materials: 2L plastic soda bottle, small plastic container/jar, 2 short PVC pipe scraps/straws, hot
glue, fine sawdust or chalk dust, vacuum cleaner source.
10. Project Task: Build a compressed-air water rocket and optimize its water volume/nozzle for
maximum height.
Materials: PET bottle, water, bicycle pump, stopper, nozzle, cardboard fins, tape
11. Project Task: Build a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by a water jet discharged from a
pressurized bottle.
Materials: PET bottle, tubing/nozzle, wheels, cardboard, axle, water, pump/pressure source
12. Project Task: Design and build a small rotating impeller that transfers energy to water and
raises it to a measurable height.
Materials: DC motor, bottle cap/plastic impeller, PVC fittings, water container, tubing, battery
13. Project Task: Spin an oil-water mixture in a cylindrical chamber to force dense water outward
and lighter oil toward the central parabolic vortex core for selective suction removal.
Materials: Plastic container, toy DC motor or hand-drill coupling, oil, water, suction tube.
14. Project Task: Construct a calibrated inline Venturi meter and derive a conversion curve relating
differential manometer height directly to liters-per-minute flow rate.
Materials: PVC pipe fittings (reducing couplings), clear vinyl tubing for manometers, bucket,
scale.
15. Project Task: Develop a wind-assisted cargo ship transverse propulsion systems using Magnus
effect.
Materials: Lightweight foam or plastic cylinder, rubber bands, string, table fan.
16. Project Task: Design the smallest parachute that keeps terminal velocity below a specified value.
Materials: Plastic bags, thread, tape, small weights, stopwatch, measuring tape
17. Project Task: Design an angled four-nozzle rotary sprinkler hub that maximizes rotational speed
(RPM) and coverage radius for a given inlet head.
Materials: Flexible drinking straws, ballpoint pen housing pivot, plastic bottle water reservoir.
18. Project Task: Design a parachute canopy that maintains a target terminal descent speed < 1.5
m/s for a given payload weight using dimensional drag scaling equations.
Materials: Plastic sheets, string, small weights, stopwatch, tape measure.
19. Project Task: Construct a narrow-gap flow cell to show how fluid streams bypass obstacles
without turbulent wake formation, demonstrating laminar streamline control in micro-channels.
Materials: Glass slides or clear plastic plates, binder clips, thin rubber spacers (1 mm), food dye,
liquid soap.
20. Project Task: Build a falling-sphere viscometer to measure liquid viscosity.
Materials: Clear plastic cylinder, steel bearings or glass marbles, commercial oils/soaps,
stopwatch.
21. Project Task: Build a fluidic oscillator (device in which a continuous fluid jet automatically
oscillates between two sides without mechanical moving parts).
Materials: Transparent acrylic/cardboard, plastic tubing, water/air source, nozzles, tape
22. Project Task: Build different miniature roof geometries and determine which roof is least likely
to lift under strong airflow. (Flat roof, slightly pitched roof, Curved roof, Roof with an overhang,
Roof with openings)
Materials: Cardboard, paper, straws, tape, small fan, lightweight weights
23. Project Task: Design a housing shell for a sensitive payload (e.g., a marble or small coin) that
must descend vertically without tumbling or swaying back and forth when dropped from height.
Materials: Plastic soda bottles, cardboard sheets, drinking straws, cotton string, metal washers
for ballast, and tape or hot glue.
24. Project Task: Design a hand-launched unpowered glider using stiff paper and tape that must
achieve the longest horizontal flight distance across a room while carrying a fixed ballast weight
(a paperclip).
Materials: Heavy cardstock paper, cardboard fuselage spars, metal paperclips for nose ballast,
plastic straws, and cellotape.