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How to Make Lightning
How to Make Lightning
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How to Make Lightning
Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
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Renewable Energy Project for Kids: Power from Water
Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.
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Science
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Keep the Boat Afloat
Keep the Boat Afloat
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Keep the Boat Afloat
This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
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Bridge Project
Bridge Project
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Bridge Project
This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.
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Strong Bridges
Strong Bridges
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Strong Bridges
This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.
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Caution Sign Safety
Caution Sign Safety
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Caution Sign Safety
This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.
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Social studies
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Center of Balance
Center of Balance
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Center of Balance
This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.
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Color and Emotion Perception
Color and Emotion Perception
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Color and Emotion Perception
This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.
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Social studies
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The Effect of Color on Emotions
The Effect of Color on Emotions
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The Effect of Color on Emotions
This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.
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Social studies
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Force and the Fulcrum
Force and the Fulcrum
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Force and the Fulcrum
This science fair project idea explores how much force is needed to move a lever at different distances from the fulcrum.
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Influencing a Coin Flip
Influencing a Coin Flip
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Influencing a Coin Flip
This science fair project idea determines the probability of a coin landing heads or tails.
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Teaching Worms
Teaching Worms
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Teaching Worms
This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.
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Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
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Does Water Temperature Cause Metal to Expand and Contract?
Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.
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What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
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What Type of Magnet is the Strongest?
Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.
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Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
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Bubble Wrap Test: What Kind Provides the Most Protection?
Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.
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The Passing of Time
The Passing of Time
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The Passing of Time
This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.
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Social studies
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Retrograde Mode
Retrograde Mode
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Retrograde Mode
This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.
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How Much Sugar?
How Much Sugar?
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How Much Sugar?
This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.
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Social studies
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Talking to Plants
Talking to Plants
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Talking to Plants
This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.
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The Gossip Factor
The Gossip Factor
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The Gossip Factor
This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.
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Social studies
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Training Cats
Training Cats
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Training Cats
This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.
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Social studies
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Upside-Down Plants
Upside-Down Plants
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Upside-Down Plants
This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.
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Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
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Does Temperature or Concentration Affect pH?
This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.
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How to Stop Soda From Exploding
How to Stop Soda From Exploding
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How to Stop Soda From Exploding
This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.
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