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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... inches = = 118.29 milliliters 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 8 fluid ounces = = milliliters 0.24 liter 1 pint = 2 cups 480 milliliters = 0.47 liter 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches = 90 centimeters = 0.9 meter 1 meter 100 centimeters = 39.37 ...
... inches = = 118.29 milliliters 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 8 fluid ounces = = milliliters 0.24 liter 1 pint = 2 cups 480 milliliters = 0.47 liter 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches = 90 centimeters = 0.9 meter 1 meter 100 centimeters = 39.37 ...
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... inch hole in the edge . Insert an eye screw into this hole . 4. Measure 834 inches ( 22 cm ) from the opposite end of the catapult and drill a hole in the center of the arm using the 5 / 16 - inch bit . Measure 1/4 inch ( 0.62 cm ) from ...
... inch hole in the edge . Insert an eye screw into this hole . 4. Measure 834 inches ( 22 cm ) from the opposite end of the catapult and drill a hole in the center of the arm using the 5 / 16 - inch bit . Measure 1/4 inch ( 0.62 cm ) from ...
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... inches ( 28 cm ) . Cut one dowel to 91⁄2 inches ( about 24 cm ) . Cut the remaining dowels to 9 inches ( about 22 cm ) , 63⁄4 inches ( about 17 cm ) , and 6 inches ( 15 cm ) . 6. Sharpen one end of each dowel with the pencil sharpener ...
... inches ( 28 cm ) . Cut one dowel to 91⁄2 inches ( about 24 cm ) . Cut the remaining dowels to 9 inches ( about 22 cm ) , 63⁄4 inches ( about 17 cm ) , and 6 inches ( 15 cm ) . 6. Sharpen one end of each dowel with the pencil sharpener ...
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