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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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Pure Mathematics Resources
Pure Mathematics Resources There are many websites that explain basic probability theory. Here's a good one to get you started: http://library.thinkquest.org/11506/learn.html. If you'd like to read more about mathematics in general, try: ... [... more]
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Scale Models*
CUBE, 2002. "CUBE Lesson Plans," The Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE). [accessed: 5/1/06] http://www.cubekc.org/lessons.html Fassett, C. and Millbyer, L. 2006. "Dinosaur Activity for Proportions," Oswego City [... more]
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Frequency of Outcomes in a Small Number of Trials
The objective of this project is to determine what happens when a test with two equally-likely outcomes is performed only a small number of times. A lot of times, people use very small sample sizes to evaluate the likelihood of an event taking ... [... more]
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The Birthday Paradox
The objective of this project is to prove whether or not the birthday paradox holds true by looking at random groups of 23 or more people. The Birthday Paradox states that in a random gathering of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two people ... [... more]
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Money Problems*
Dr. Math, 2006. "Doubling Pennies," The Math Forum, Universtiy of Drexel School of Education. [accessed: 5/1/06] http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.doubling.pennies.html ING, 2006. "Planet Orange," sponsored by ING Direct. [accessed: [... more]
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