100 Award-Winning Science Fair ProjectsScience is at work everywhere - in the kitchen, up in the sky down in the ground, and all around us in plants, animals, machines, even the mind. Here are 100 ways to show how it works and come out tops at school project time. - Stir up chemical magic - Turn a copper pot green with oxidation - Prove that computers emit radio waves - Show off medieval ballistics - - Create virtual 3-D with a polarised lens - Simulate rock abrasion - - Chemists & Cooks - Earth & Sky - Mechanics & Motion - Sparks & Waves - - Light & Sound - Eye & Mind - Plants & Animals - Stars & Planets - * Serious learning about real science is hidden in this away-from-school entertainment for 8-12 year olds. Impress your science teacher! |
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... edge in the shallow pie plate . Keep it standing upright by pressing two lumps of modeling clay around each corner . 4. With the eyedropper , add enough water to the sandwich's top edge so that water seeps between the two panes of glass ...
... edge in the shallow pie plate . Keep it standing upright by pressing two lumps of modeling clay around each corner . 4. With the eyedropper , add enough water to the sandwich's top edge so that water seeps between the two panes of glass ...
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... edge of the shadow falls indicates the hour of day . As the Sun moves across the sky , the gno- mon casts a shadow against the dial . Where the edge of the shadow falls indicates the hour of day . The position of the shadow against the ...
... edge of the shadow falls indicates the hour of day . As the Sun moves across the sky , the gno- mon casts a shadow against the dial . Where the edge of the shadow falls indicates the hour of day . The position of the shadow against the ...
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... edge of the shadow . Use the sharp nail to punch a hole through each of the marks . 7. On the other side of the ... edge holes first . Then look through the cen- ter hole . Result When you look through each edge hole , you 202 Stars ...
... edge of the shadow . Use the sharp nail to punch a hole through each of the marks . 7. On the other side of the ... edge holes first . Then look through the cen- ter hole . Result When you look through each edge hole , you 202 Stars ...
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