Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 56

Explore the wattage of microwaves in relevance to cooking time.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

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

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Evaluate the efficacy of different pain management techniques.

Does fear cause the same physiologic responses in men and women? This experiment measures people's blood pressure and heart rate while watching a scary movie.

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

Look at people's face shape. Do you think their face shape affects your perception of kindness? Find out more in this science fair project idea!

Determine if it is easier to memorize colors, words, words in phrases, pictures or numbers. Determine at when retention rate in each category is the best.

Learn the anatomical and physiological differences between central and peripheral visual systems.

This fun science fair project idea explains what a circadian rhythm is and explores the types of biological activities that follow a 24 hour cycle in mammals.

This project analyzes people's emotional responses to images in painting vs similar images in photographs.

This project explores how well couples convey complex emotions such as envy and pride to one another solely through the sense of touch.

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

This interactive project invites science fair-goers to participate in examination and recording to demonstrate the importance of firsthand observation.

Check out this science project idea that will have your kid investigate how dots (also known as pixels) are used to create digital photographs.

In this experiment a spectrometer is used to analyze the light emitted by burning ion solutions.

Detail the chemical properties, nutritional value, medicinal effects of garlic, Write a detailed report, prepare recipes.

Science fair project which determines whether your current calorie intake will cause you to lose or gain weight over time.

This project will explore whether people are emotionally susceptible to suggestions of both humor and sorrow.

This science fair project idea explores discover whether there are any patterns or trends in the memories between different genders.

In this science fair project, students examine how the flow rate in a stream affects the growth of aquatic plants.

Research long-term effects and draft a questionnaire about frequency of marijuana use and average annual income. Interpret findings in a detailed report

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

Discover whether people can distinguish what a person looks like just by listening to their voice.

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

In this experiment two environments will be compared: a room with interior design that uses correct Feng Shui versus one with incorrect Feng Shui.

Will people still feel hungry once they eliminate grains from their meal? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This experiment will explore how manipulating a graph of historical information might reveal new information about data.