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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... soap is easy and fun , but the process requires the use of potentially dangerous materials , so you must take basic ... soap is nearly finished cooking . One way to test whether your soap has traced is to lift the spoon and watch how the ...
... soap is easy and fun , but the process requires the use of potentially dangerous materials , so you must take basic ... soap is nearly finished cooking . One way to test whether your soap has traced is to lift the spoon and watch how the ...
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... soap into the baking dish . Cover the dish with another sheet of cellophane wrap , and set the soap aside to cool for about 24 hours . The saponi- fication process will continue as the soap cures . 8. After 24 hours , remove the soap ...
... soap into the baking dish . Cover the dish with another sheet of cellophane wrap , and set the soap aside to cool for about 24 hours . The saponi- fication process will continue as the soap cures . 8. After 24 hours , remove the soap ...
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... Soap , 10-11 Schiparelli , Giovanni , 195 science fair , 5 , 6 judges , 5 , 6 scientific method , 5 sedimentary rock , 43-44 , 53 Seed Observatory , 155 seedling , 150-151 germination , 152-153 seismic station , 45-47 , 48-49 ...
... Soap , 10-11 Schiparelli , Giovanni , 195 science fair , 5 , 6 judges , 5 , 6 scientific method , 5 sedimentary rock , 43-44 , 53 Seed Observatory , 155 seedling , 150-151 germination , 152-153 seismic station , 45-47 , 48-49 ...
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