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Fruit Battery
Fruit Battery
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Fruit Battery
Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.
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Reservoir Capacity of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks
Reservoir Capacity of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks
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Reservoir Capacity of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks
Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.
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Making Sugar Crystals
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Making Sugar Crystals
Kids will love making sugar crystals in this sugar crystal science fair project which teaches important chemistry concepts like saturation and solubility.
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Diaper Dissection
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Diaper Dissection
The project examines absorbent polymers absorbency in disposable diapers and their unique ecological problem to the environment.
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Exploring the Rate of Plant Growth in Crystals vs. Soil
Exploring the Rate of Plant Growth in Crystals vs. Soil
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Exploring the Rate of Plant Growth in Crystals vs. Soil
The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.
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Soda and Teeth
Soda and Teeth
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Soda and Teeth
The project investigates which soft drink is worse for your teeth by observing the affect of soft drink on limestone.
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Why do ants like sugar? Do ants like artificial sweeteners too? Kids find out with this great inquiry-based science fair project.
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Arch Magic: The Unbreakable Egg
Arch Magic: The Unbreakable Egg
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Arch Magic: The Unbreakable Egg
This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.
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The Mozart Effect
The Mozart Effect
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The Mozart Effect
This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.
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The Psychology of Feeling Watched
The Psychology of Feeling Watched
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The Psychology of Feeling Watched
This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.
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Social studies
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Creatures That Bug Us
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Creatures That Bug Us
There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Dig This: Biodegradation
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Dig This: Biodegradation
How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.
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How to Make Lightning
How to Make Lightning
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How to Make Lightning
Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.
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Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
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Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.
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How to Stop Soda From Exploding
How to Stop Soda From Exploding
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How to Stop Soda From Exploding
This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.
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Do Plants Grow Better in Sunlight or Artificial Light?
Do Plants Grow Better in Sunlight or Artificial Light?
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Do Plants Grow Better in Sunlight or Artificial Light?
This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.
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How to Build a DNA Model
How to Build a DNA Model
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How to Build a DNA Model
Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.
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Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
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Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.
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What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
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What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
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.
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Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
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Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.
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Which Fruit Molds the Fastest?
Which Fruit Molds the Fastest?
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Which Fruit Molds the Fastest?
This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.
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How Accurate is Using a Sundial Compared to an Atomic Clock?
How Accurate is Using a Sundial Compared to an Atomic Clock?
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How Accurate is Using a Sundial Compared to an Atomic Clock?
This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.
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Seedy Situation
Seedy Situation
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Seedy Situation
Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.
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Get Cracking
Get Cracking
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Get Cracking
Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.
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