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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... Procedure 1. Spray the outside bottom and outside walls of the plastic glass with adhesive , leav- ing only about a ... Procedure 1. Use scissors to strip the ends of a piece of insulated wire . 2. Charge the electrophorus following the ...
... Procedure 1. Spray the outside bottom and outside walls of the plastic glass with adhesive , leav- ing only about a ... Procedure 1. Use scissors to strip the ends of a piece of insulated wire . 2. Charge the electrophorus following the ...
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... Procedure 1. Twist a piece of iron wire with a piece of copper wire so that you have one coiled wire . 2. Repeat this procedure for the remaining pieces of iron and copper wires so that you wind up with four twisted wires . 3. Twist all ...
... Procedure 1. Twist a piece of iron wire with a piece of copper wire so that you have one coiled wire . 2. Repeat this procedure for the remaining pieces of iron and copper wires so that you wind up with four twisted wires . 3. Twist all ...
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... procedure for the other can . 5. Place the cans in their cradles with the holes facing up . Comparing Phases Procedure 1. Wrap a piece of transparent tape around one of the prongs of one tuning fork . 2. Pick up both forks , and strike ...
... procedure for the other can . 5. Place the cans in their cradles with the holes facing up . Comparing Phases Procedure 1. Wrap a piece of transparent tape around one of the prongs of one tuning fork . 2. Pick up both forks , and strike ...
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