Get Personalized Project Ideas
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]
Science Buddies |
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]
Science Buddies |
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]
Science Buddies |
Science Project Enrichment Tools New!
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]
Science Buddies |
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]
Science Buddies |
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]
Science Buddies |
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]
Science Buddies |
Pick This Project!
The goal of this project is to determine how the position, relative to the end of the string, of the pickup on an electric guitar affects the tone of the sound produced when the string is plucked. Measure the length of the strings on your guitar ... [... more]
Science Buddies |
Blowing Bottletops: Making Music with Glass Bottles
Some musical instruments produce sound from vibrating strings, others from vibrating reeds, and still others from resonating columns of air. In this project you'll study a simple example of the latter type of instrument: a narrow-necked bottle ... [... more]
Science Buddies |
Singing Wine Glasses
The goal of this project is to investigate how the musical note produced by a wine glass is affected by the fluid level in the glass. Benjamin Franklin is a celebrated figure from early U.S. history. He is famous as a statesman, scientist, ... [... more]
Science Buddies |
Do String Players Have Longer Left Fingers?
The goal of this project is to determine if stress exerted on fingers when playing a stringed musical instrument can result in an increase in length of the finger bones. You know from experience that animal bones are hard, strong, and durable. If ... [... more]
Science Buddies |
What Material Makes the Most Resonant Soundboard?
The goal of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of various materials for use as musical soundboards. What materials provide the greatest amplification? Have you ever taken apart a music box to see the mechanism that makes the sound? ... [... more]
Science Buddies |