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Science Fair Ideas
 How
to find a science fair project idea:
- Look at lists of science categories
and pick one that you are interested in, then narrow that down to a project.
- (example, say you pick psychology, then narrow it to the differences
between boys and girls, then to a topic like "Do boys remember 'boy-type'
pictures (footballs) better than 'girl-type' pictures (flowers)?"
- Use your experiences
- Remember a time
you noticed something and thought "I wonder how that works?" or "I wonder
what would happen if..." then turn that into a project.
- Check the science
section of the school library.
- Browse and look at book titles, then look
inside the ones that look interesting to you.
- Also thumb through encyclopedias
and magazines.
- Good magazines for ideas are: National Geographic,
Discover, Omni, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mother Earth News,
High Technology, Prevention, and Garbage. Perhaps go to the downtown
Library.
- Think about current events.
- People are hungry in Africa
because of droughts. How about a project on growing plants without
much rain? Which types grow OK with little water?
- Or the ozone hole over Antarctica -
how can we reduce ozone? How about a project on nonaerosol ways
to spray things.
- Or oil spills... How can we clean them up? How about a project
on how to clean oil out of water
- Watch commercials on TV & test their
claims.
- Does that anti-perspirant really stop wetness better than other
ones?
- What are the real differences between Barbie and imitation Barbie
dolls?
- Can kids tell the difference between coke and pepsi if they don't
know which they are drinking?
Add
to Others' Ideas:
- Look at sample projects, look at this list, look at projects in
books or projects from last years science fair - then add your own question,
your own idea to them. Don't just use these ideas. Take an idea
and add something of your own. For example, change "Are dogs colorblind?"
to "Are cats colorblind?" Or look at another of the dog's five senses...
- What material is the best insulator
- Are dogs colorblind
- Do soap bubbles last longer on warm or cold days
- Are hot air balloons different from blimps
- What is the best method, other than heat, to melt ice
- What effect does oil have on water plants
- What would happen to the weather if the Earth was a cube
- Do goldfish chemicals they sell you really help the fish adapt to the
new aquarium
- How can a tomato plant be grafted to a potato plant How is sound obtained
from a compact disk
- How does a nuclear reactor work, how does it look
- How is 2-yr old talk different from ours
- How does burning gasoline make a car move
- How do we tell how far away a star is from Earth
- What soils are best to build a house on
- How do plants react to different kinds of music, different light, colors,
and different neighbor plants
- What is the best way to dispose of paper
- Do plants move
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