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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Science Fair Project Idea

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great science fair project ideas! Learn how to ask a testable question and choose from elementary, middle school, or high school science fair project ideas. View examples of testable questions, and see what is changed, what stays the...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Invention Project Samples

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how to present your findings after completing a science fair project. View sample science fair invention projects: junior light switcher, quiet down invention, and stale sandwiches.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Project Samples

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore three science fair project samples about birds, stain removal, and keeping it cool. See how the report is written after the investigation is complete.
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Science Fairs: Ideas for Elementary Projects: Grades 4 6

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Science Fairs website is a resource for a wide variety of science fair starter ideas. Use an idea from here and build your own project.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Getting Started

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students needing help getting started with a science fair project can find help choosing a project type, deciding a topic, gathering resources, and brainstorming. This site also includes a handy "Science Fair Shopping List" that contains...
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Other

Science Fair Primer: Physics Project Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists many science fair project ideas in the area of physics.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Studio: Coordinating a Science Fair

For Students 3rd - 8th
Access a wealth of resources for a coordinating a successful science fair. This section of the Science Fair Studio site is organized into several sections: "Why Do a Science Fair?", "Types of Projects,", "Science Fair Coordinator's...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Males and Females Play the Same Types of Games?

For Students 3rd - 8th
There are many different types, or genres, of computer and video games. This includes racing, fighting, sports, adventure, and puzzle games. Survey your classmates in this science fair project to find out if certain genres of games...
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Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Project Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
A website featuring project starter ideas to help students carry out hands-on practical investigations on plants. Some ideas featured on the page include exploring food waste, medicinal plants, enzymes in fruits, and much more! Project...
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Other

Science Fairs: Ideas for Primary Projects: Grades 1 4

For Students 1st - 5th
This resource from Science Fairs is a wonderful resource for a wide variety of science fair starter ideas. Use an idea from here and build your own project.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Math Forum provides a list of possible math science fair topics with links to each topic to get an idea of what will be studied and suggested questions to answer. This site also contains links to teacher discussions on Math Fairs.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Project Type

For Students 9th - 10th
For your science fair project, you can try inventing something or you can investigate a scientific issue. Find out whether doing an invention or an investigation is right for you.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
All-in-one science fair resource includes project ideas, sample projects, suggestions for organization, and tips for delivering an outstanding presentation on the day of the fair.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you, your students, and their parents wandering lost in the Science Fair desert? Here's an oasis! The Science Fair Central website provides a complete guide to the topic. There's a "Soup to Nuts Handbook" that assists the student in...
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Science Fair Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
An experienced science teacher shares detailed information regarding how students develop science fair projects. In addition to the key steps involved in working through a project, you will find judging guidelines and links to other...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Hope Depot: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Find advice on project ideas, project steps, presentation tips, classroom activities and more.
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Other

Canadian Mathematical Society: Math Projects for Science Fairs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Online resource if you want to do a math project for your science fair. French available by going to the Homepage.
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Cdli: Science Fairs Homepage

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from the Center for Distance Learning and Innovation there's a monstrous listing of possible science fair projects. You can choose from primary (grades 1-4), elementary (grades 4-6), intermediate (grades 7-9), or senior...
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Science Fairs Homepage: Senior Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council provides really substantial projects for senior High School students. These are online topics, six areas, with about 10-20 topics per area.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Earthworm Castings: Soil for Young Garden Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Everybody knows that worms are good for the soil, but not everybody knows why. Here's a project that investigates just one of the ways earthworms improve the earth.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Cryopreservation: Freezing Plant Tissues

For Students 6th - 8th
Cryopreservation-storing seeds in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen-is one method for maintaining plant genetic stocks in seed banks. The purpose of this project is to observe the characteristics and outcomes of cryogenically frozen seedlings...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Planting Size vs. Depth

For Students 6th - 8th
Plants have evolved many clever mechanisms to ensure that their seeds will wait for appropriate conditions before sprouting. Some may only germinate after a fire, others only after going through a cold spell. This project explores one...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Bill Nye Online Science Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Bill Nye's Online Science Lab offers home demos for planetary, physical, and life science, a "Question of the Week," e-cards, episode guides, and lots of fun facts. A great resource for students looking for science-fair project or lab...
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Other

Buzzle.com: Science Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information on a wide range of science topics, as well as some ideas for experiments and science fair projects. It's a good resource for students doing research.