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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!

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.

Explore the best way to store popcorn kernels. It examines the impact of moisture and temperature on unpopped kernels.

Determine how wind speed affects the stability of a kite and the ease of getting it into the air.

Determine which metal has the highest rate of conductivity.

Thermometers are how we measure temperature, and we've all heard the terms "centigrade" and "Fahrenheit" tossed around, but what do they really mean?

This project examines whether corked bats truly make a ball travel farther than wooden bats that haven't been altered.

Research historic methods of food preservation. Analyze alternative recipes and techniques of food preservation. Document success with photographs.

Design and build a scale model representing living tree architecture. Then build a full-size version using one or more lives trees, and test your creation.

Study the effect of music on random rote memory. Examine the practical application of music in learning and education.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Devise list of randomly chosen words, test how many words volunteers can remember. Compare results of adults and children. Which have better memories?

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Test the combustion of different types of woods.

Find out whether people within a family tend to have matching fingerprints.

This project explores whether there is an effect on people, including heart rate and self-expressed mood, when they are exposed to different types of music.