LINKS

Science News for Students

–https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/

http://www.need.org/student

Intel ISEF Project Database

–https://apps2.societyforscience.org/AbstractSearch/Abstract/Index

Discovery Education Science Fair Central

–http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?pID=fair

Google Science Fair toolkit

–https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/teachers-mentors

Teacher Generated Ideas

(from teacher training on 10/12/2017)

Try to think of hot topics in the news today. Create a gallery walk around the room using current event articles or news stories.

• Odd Science
  • What type of liquid helps plants grow the fastest? (use milk as an option, when injected into pumpkins it will exponentially increase it's size)
• Hurricane Irma
  • Why did some trees survived, and why some trees were blown over?
  • Does the soil type affect the root system, plant growth, and ability to survive the hurricane?
• Fires in California
  • What affects the flammability of vegetation? (think of a spray that can be applied to save the plants from a fire)
• Water Conservation and Usage
  • Does the type of water affect the way that a plant grows? (use a home water test kit from Home Depot)
• Simple Experiments
  • Does salt affect the evaporation rate of water? (you can experiment with changing the variable around)