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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... Place the box on the floor . 2. Create several mountains of various sizes from the clay , and then connect them with the remaining clay to form a mountain range . Place the mountain range in the box , making sure it fits comfortably and ...
... Place the box on the floor . 2. Create several mountains of various sizes from the clay , and then connect them with the remaining clay to form a mountain range . Place the mountain range in the box , making sure it fits comfortably and ...
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... Place the box on the floor , then turn the mountain upside down and place it in the box . You may have to flatten the top a little to keep the mountain from falling over . Your mountain is now a depression . 3. Place the metric ruler ...
... Place the box on the floor , then turn the mountain upside down and place it in the box . You may have to flatten the top a little to keep the mountain from falling over . Your mountain is now a depression . 3. Place the metric ruler ...
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... Place the leaf in the water . 2. Cut several leaves from the philoden- dron and geranium plants , making sure you have about 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) of stem on each leaf . Lean each leaf against the side of the pan so that the cut stems are ...
... Place the leaf in the water . 2. Cut several leaves from the philoden- dron and geranium plants , making sure you have about 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) of stem on each leaf . Lean each leaf against the side of the pan so that the cut stems are ...
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