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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Page 107
... hole in acrylic sheet copper strip placed at 11⁄2 " mark Pendulum Stylus 3 ( the top is the shorter distance from the ful- crum ) . Drill a hole in the cen- ter of the dowel large enough to allow a wing- nut screw to pass through . 10 ...
... hole in acrylic sheet copper strip placed at 11⁄2 " mark Pendulum Stylus 3 ( the top is the shorter distance from the ful- crum ) . Drill a hole in the cen- ter of the dowel large enough to allow a wing- nut screw to pass through . 10 ...
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... hole . 7. If you plan to finish your trebuchet , paint the platform assembly before continu- ing . When dry ... hole in the edge . Insert an eye screw into this hole . 4. Measure 834 inches ( 22 cm ) from the opposite end of the catapult ...
... hole . 7. If you plan to finish your trebuchet , paint the platform assembly before continu- ing . When dry ... hole in the edge . Insert an eye screw into this hole . 4. Measure 834 inches ( 22 cm ) from the opposite end of the catapult ...
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... hole where the black half of the Ping - Pong ball joins the white half . Push one end of the 0 " Earth Shine " Setup 7331 skewer stick through the hole until it touches the top of the Ping - Pong ball . Push the other end of the skewer ...
... hole where the black half of the Ping - Pong ball joins the white half . Push one end of the 0 " Earth Shine " Setup 7331 skewer stick through the hole until it touches the top of the Ping - Pong ball . Push the other end of the skewer ...
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