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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... hanger • Styrofoam block ( base ) • Drill with 3 / 32 - inch bit • Masking tape Rubber band • Water You may remember Hero as the scientist of ancient Greece who invented a spinning engine powered by steam . This version of Hero's engine ...
... hanger • Styrofoam block ( base ) • Drill with 3 / 32 - inch bit • Masking tape Rubber band • Water You may remember Hero as the scientist of ancient Greece who invented a spinning engine powered by steam . This version of Hero's engine ...
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... hangers ; then bend each hanger into the shape shown in the drawing ( right ) . Make sure the loop at the end of each hanger is no more than 1 cm ( 0.4 inch ) . 2. Bend one end of each hanger into an L- Hanger , Brick , and Bucket ...
... hangers ; then bend each hanger into the shape shown in the drawing ( right ) . Make sure the loop at the end of each hanger is no more than 1 cm ( 0.4 inch ) . 2. Bend one end of each hanger into an L- Hanger , Brick , and Bucket ...
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... hanger batteries Battery , Cardboard , and Hanger Assembly This project proves that a magnetic field or magnetic envelope surrounds a current- carrying conductor at all times . The magnet- ic field has a characteristic shape that will ...
... hanger batteries Battery , Cardboard , and Hanger Assembly This project proves that a magnetic field or magnetic envelope surrounds a current- carrying conductor at all times . The magnet- ic field has a characteristic shape that will ...
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