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Guest Blog – Inexpensive and Easy Science Fair Projects: Magnets – Experiment #1 – by Bruce
Is your science fair coming up, but you’re still not sure what to present for it? Trying to find a last minute idea without breaking the bank can be really frustrating but one simple tool- magnets can give you a few ideas! This is experiment #1 in a 3 part series of fun, simple, inexpensive … Continue reading
One Day Unique Science Fair Experiment with COFFEE!
I usually do not write out all the details of an experiment because I want you (whether you are a mentor or a student) to have a hand in designing the experiment. I think that just following directions of a detailed procedure that someone else wrote, isn’t really experiencing science. It’s closer to baking or … Continue reading
Fascinated by Flight? Try a Paper Airplane Themed Science Fair Project
Airplane projects are easy, cheap, popular, and fun — but suffer from 2 problems. 1. Lack of standardization in the procedure (i.e. the throwing) 2. Lack of creativity This post is to help you get past these obstacles. Your first big challenge is to find a way to standardize the throwing part of the procedure. … Continue reading
Graveyard Science – Creepy can be Creative!
If you are still struggling to motivate your child to complete this year’s science fair project – try a little “shock and awe”. Trust me, this will be the project all the science fair judges are pointing out to each other. It is another one of my original project designs (although see my inspiration below) … Continue reading
Popcorn Projects – YUM!
Advantages: Quick, relatively cheap, relatively easy, and you can bribe kids with eating the popcorn AFTER the project is done. Disadvantages: Most lack creativity. The best option is always to design your own, but here are a few ideas to inspire you. Let’s start with variables – what are the “things” we can change when … Continue reading
Sticky business: ideas for bubblegum-themed science fair projects
Can chewing gum make you smarter? This was an award winning 6th grade science fair project a few years ago in North Carolina. The creative aspect was that the student (read: “my kid”) found a way to define and quantify “smarter” (i.e. number correct on timed math and memory tests) and a way to avoid … Continue reading
The $2.00 science fair project
Short on time and money, but still need to do a science fair project? Then this idea is for you and FYI it also works as a math fair project. It is unique (i.e., I made it up), cheap, easy, and follows the scientific method. . . . . . . Step 1 Research/Question: Ecologists … Continue reading
Carve some pumpkins – get your science fair project done!
Carving Pumpkins? Do your science fair project at the same time! This project should work nicely for a Josephine/Joseph or a Rachel/Rick type student. A Caroline/Carl type student could expand this project by comparing a variety of fruits (remember that even if we generally refer to it as a vegetable, if it has seeds it … Continue reading
Take a hike, complete a project
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone! Here is an easy, one-day project for kids that like the outdoors and photography. First, find a place with a few trails for hiking. It could be at a school, state park, national park, beach, wetlands, nature center, etc. You will measure how some variable (see list below) changes … Continue reading
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