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Hundreds of detailed science fair project ideas for all grade levels in a wide range of topics from Aerodynamics to Zoology. Listed below are different areas of science, technology, and mathematics, as well as special areas such as Behavioral & ... [... more]
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Science Fair Project Guide
Doing Background Research Constructing a Hypothesis Testing Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment Analyzing Your Data and Drawing a Conclusion Communicating Your Results Getting Started The Scientific Method [... more]
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Ask an Expert: Answers to Your Science Questions
Get answers to your science questions with help from our Science Experts The Ask an Expert Forum is intended to be a place where students can go to find answers to science questions that they have been unable to find using other resources. Our ... [... more]
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We also have a PDF version of this poster available for anyone interested in printing their own copies. For student handouts, printing on legal-size paper (8.5 x 14 inches) works quite nicely. Each of the webpages of the Science Fair Project ... [... more]
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Science Competitions
This information is for the top high school competitions such as the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Overview of the Top Science Competitions Blogs about Advanced Competitions Advanced Project Guide Sample Projects from Advanced ... [... more]
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Aerodynamics & Hydrodynamics Project Ideas
Have you ever noticed how some jet planes have small, vertical projections as the tips of the wings? They're called winglets. What are they there for? Read more... The Wright brothers used kites extensively to test their design ideas in the years ... [... more]
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Understanding Project "Difficulty"
Science Buddies ranks each project on a scale of one to ten, with one being the easiest and ten being the hardest. The correct level of difficulty depends on a number of things: For an average student, the following table is a good ... [... more]
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Sorting out Sedimentation
To investigate how particles of different sizes, shapes, and textures are sorted into different layers during the process of sedimentation. If you have a patio at home made from flagstone, you have a source of sedimentary rock. If you look ... [... more]
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Growing a Soil Menagerie
Geology Science Project to test the response of soil microorganisms to environmental changes in a closed system. In this project, you will make a mini biosphere (Winogradsky Column) to test the response of soil microorganisms to environmental ... [... more]
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How Fast Do Seismic Waves Travel?
The goal of this project is to use archived, online seismometer data from the Berkeley Digital Seismic Network to create your own seismograms in order to measure how fast seismic waves from distant earthquakes travel through the Earth's crust. A ... [... more]
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Ring of Fire 1: What Volcanoes Tell Us About Plate Tectonics
The goal of this project is to map volcanic activity and relate it to the positions of the Earth's tectonic plates. Figure 1. Map of major tectonic plates of the earth (Tilling, date unknown). How are volcanoes related to tectonic plates? The ... [... more]
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Ring of Fire 2: What Earthquakes Tell Us About Plate ...
The goal of this project is to map earthquake activity and relate it to the positions of the Earth's tectonic plates. How are earthquakes related to tectonic plates? The following paragraph from Annals of the Former World by John McPhee, ... [... more]
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