Project Ideas
Normally the largest stumbling block to any science fair project is actually choosing a project. First, you should choose a project that interests you. Do you like nature? How about electricity? Below are some project suggestions to get you started. Some of these projects are available in their entirety on this site.
Project suggestions (in the form of "project problem" questions):
- How are fossils created?
- How does an electrical switch work?
- What substance makes ice melt the fastest?
Can heat remove minerals from water?
- Do the clouds that are high in the sky always move in the same direction as the clouds that closer to the ground?
- How does water move through a plant?
- Who has a better short term memory, boys or girls?
- Paint brushes
- How do water wheels help us with our work?
- What substances relive insect stings?
- What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
- What causes static electricity?
- What causes a solar Eclipse?
- Which common cold remedies really work?
- Do all plants have seeds?
- How are clouds formed?
- How does an electric circuit work?
- How can you tell if your snack is an acid or an alkalis?
- How does an electromagnet work?
- Which insects are helpful/harmful to plants?
- Which type of fertilizer promotes the largest amount of growth in plants?
- What causes ocean waves?
- How do fuses work?
- Do kitchen sponges and dish clothes contain bacteria?
- Are objects lighter or heavier in water?
- How do insects eat?
- Do cat eyes glow in the dark?
- Does looking from just one eye effect depth perception?
- How do reptiles regulate their body temperature?
- How do wheels help us to move heavy objects?
- Why is the early afternoon the hottest part of the day?
- How does light effect a plants growth rate?
Above are just a few of the possibilities. Maybe you can use these suggestions to come up with a scientific question of your own.
Once the project's subject has been chosen the fun can begin. Make sure you have a notebook handy so you can keep a project journal. This journal will document all of your work on the project.
I think the hardest part of doing a science fair project is getting started. Once you pick a subject the rest will fall in place. Make sure you choose an idea you are interested in and are able to perform.
In the articles that follow I will include a sample project, ideas on how to display the projects and suggestions on holding your own science fair!
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