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Test for a correlation between perceived color and heart rate. Using a stethoscope and stop watch, measure the heart rate (beats per minute) of volunteers.

Help your teen set--and maintain--an exercise routine and health goals that will improve his overall well-being.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

This experiment provides a graphic illustration of the chemical reaction that occurs when you activate a hand warmer.

This experiment will use computers to examine how the famous Mandelbrot set can be manipulated in fractals.

In this experiment, you will be making your own paper flashlight by conducting electricty with graphite.

Students will investigate the illumination durations and intensities of different luminous substances of different colors of the spectrum.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Determine whether a hot liquid cools off faster when liquid is added before or after a two minute wait.

Determine the differences between various bicep exercises, both in terms of how much muscle exertion they create and how they affect your heart rate.

Determine which seeds are most likely to survive harsh winter conditions (low temperatures).

Study history of aerodynamics of arrow design to create a perfect arrow. Test arrows by shooting at an archery target.

Research fruits and their ripening stages, follow and document the different stages. Analyze what causes fruit to continue ripening after being picked.

Research camouflage products and techniques, test quality by timing volunteers. Calculate the average length of time to recognize the subject.

Research overview of architecural acoustics. Design and build a whispering wall from wood or plastic. Test which materials work best.

Consult astronomers for opinions and advice. Devise a mathematical argument regarding the probability of other planets supporting extra-terrestrial life.

Build basic projector out of ordinary materials. Create several color transparency slides, demonstrate your creation.

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

In this experiment, you experiment with laser jet toner, a magnetic fluid, as it moves, bubbles, and forms unique shapes.

What is a barycenter? Kids learn how gravity and mass influence the orbit of binary systems like planets and moons or stars and planets in this cool experiment.

Determine how good we are at direct and indirect observation.

In this simple science project, learn about what causes dew and what affects dew formation with a drinking glass, ice, and a soda bottle.