Science Struck
Science Struck: 8th Grade Creative Science Fair Project Ideas
Ideas for Grade 8 science projects organized into the categories of environment, physics, chemistry, biology, animals, and astronomy.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Model Rockets Aerodynamics: Stability
This science fair project for Science Buddies lets you be the rocket scientist. See how the rocket design changes its performance. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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Science Struck: 5th Grade Science Fair Projects That Are Kid Friendly
Descriptions of five experiments and a list of other ideas for possible science fair projects for Grade 5.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Programming Nanor Gs in a Virtual World
Imagine yourself as a software engineer, a decade and a half from now. You are called upon to help solve the world energy crisis by programming nano-organisms (NANORGs) to extract energy from industrial sludge. Your program must be small...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Snacks From a Z
Here is a monumental list of ideas for science fair projects and experiments, organized alphabetically. Every one of them is a link to a full page, with pictures, of information about the idea. This site is a goldmine.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Computational Exploration of Protein Function
The DNA in our cells contains our "blueprints," but it's the proteins in our cells that do most of the work. The Human Genome Project has allowed us to start reading the blueprints, but we still don't understand what most of the proteins...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Tree of Life Ii (Advanced)
Imagine that a biologist arrived at your big family reunion and had no idea who were sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., but tried to sort it out by how all of you look. Just based on how you look, would s/he be able to guess whether...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Veggie Snap! Modifying Bending Stresses in a Flexible Rod
Examples of the effect of bending stresses on flexible rods could include a large tree bending over to the ground, or a fishing pole bending till it snaps. Scientists actually study this phenomenon and discover ways to prevent breakage,...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Programming Nanor Gs in a Virtual World
In this two week long project, you will design an assembly-language control program for the microprocessors of a colony of nano-organisms (NANORGs) in a virtual world. If you're up for a real programming challenge, this is the project...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Solid Motor Rocket Propulsion
What does it take to launch a satellite to explore Mars, or a mission to the moon? This project has several possible variations for exploring the physics of rockets. This is rocket science.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Birthday Paradox
This project shows how mathematical probability sometimes contradicts our intuition. Despite the fact that there are 365 days in a year, if you survey a random group of just 23 people there is a 50:50 chance that two of them will have...
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Science Buddies: How Do Baseball Stadium Dimensions Affect Batting Statistics?
Here's a fun project that combines baseball and math. Major League baseball is played in ballparks that have their own individual quirks when it comes to the exact layout of the field. Fenway Park in Boston has the famous "Green Monster"...