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You can get an idea for a science project anywhere! Look around you, ask a question, talk to a friend, or read the newspaper. What do you wonder? What can you do to find out? How can you measure that?
Your goal is to come up with science project that interests you! It is especially fun to do a project that involves a testable question and doing science yourself to try to find an answer.
You can start by thinking about what areas interest you the most. Are you interested in plants? What makes things move? Why things fly? In chemistry? Or building structures? Think about the kinds of things that you want to investigate as a scientist.
Here are some online resources to help you find a science project. Remember you can change any experiment to follow your own ideas!
Science Buddies has a library of science projects that you can search by topic, and grade. There is also a topic selection wizard you can use if you can answer 20+ questions about what you are interested in.
Kindergarten Science Fair Projects has projects suitable for younger students (with parent supervision).
Buggy and Buddy Science Activities for Kids has ideas for nature, chemsitry, engineering, physics, and sound.
Little Bins for Little Hands has a list of easier sample science experiments.
Tinkerlab Science Experiments: “Yeast and Sugar” “Microwave Marshmallow” “Is it Magnetic?” Great experiments for younger kids (or anyone). Scroll down for the full list.
TOPScience has inexpensive ideas for elementary-level classroom projects that you can adapt to do at home. Don’t feel that you have to stick to your own grade level or do the experiment exactly as they suggest.
Candy Experiments Yes, really!
Steve Spangler Science Experiment Library has materials that can help you with your science project.
Find books on your topic by visiting or reserving books at the Montgomery County Library. Ask your librarian or search for books with information and project ideas on that subject.
Ms. Poole at the Beall Elementary Library has pulled books for students to check out!
These resources have cool science activities! These are hands-on experiments you can try out just for fun. You can also try to think of some questions you would use to make them to into science projects:
“Copper Caper” “Pringles Pinhole” and the classic “Mold Terrarium” are just a few of the activities on Exploratorium Science Explorer.
Try your hand at Citizen Science for NASA and describe your experience (e.g., counting asteroids)
Bill Nye Home Demos (such as “Erosion Explosion”, “Planaria Fishing”, “Baseball Moon”) illustrate solid science concepts, and Bill Nye makes it fun.
Sid the Science Kid -- this site has many ready-to-go ideas for Budding Scientists aged 2-8 years.
Here are some resources to help you with the presentation:
Some tips on making a poster
This is a great site to create a GRAPH of your data.
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