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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... spoon or stirrer • Electric blender • Thermometer • Rubber gloves • Goggles • Bottled distilled water Making soap is easy and fun , but the process requires the use of potentially dangerous materials , so you must take basic precau ...
... spoon or stirrer • Electric blender • Thermometer • Rubber gloves • Goggles • Bottled distilled water Making soap is easy and fun , but the process requires the use of potentially dangerous materials , so you must take basic precau ...
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... spoon • Paper towel • 8 cup ( 30 ml ) each : fragrant rose petals , gardenia blossoms , orange- or lemon - tree ... spoon . 2. Add 1 tea- spoon ( 5 ml ) of rubbing alcohol to each bag and continue crush- ing . 3. Empty each of the ...
... spoon • Paper towel • 8 cup ( 30 ml ) each : fragrant rose petals , gardenia blossoms , orange- or lemon - tree ... spoon . 2. Add 1 tea- spoon ( 5 ml ) of rubbing alcohol to each bag and continue crush- ing . 3. Empty each of the ...
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... Spoon the plaster into the clay mold you just made and immediately wash off the spoon . 4. Mix another batch of plaster in the bucket and add a 1⁄2 cup ( 120 ml ) of sand . You should have just enough plaster to fill the pie pan . 5 ...
... Spoon the plaster into the clay mold you just made and immediately wash off the spoon . 4. Mix another batch of plaster in the bucket and add a 1⁄2 cup ( 120 ml ) of sand . You should have just enough plaster to fill the pie pan . 5 ...
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