Sure-To-Win Science Fair Projects

by Rhatigan, Joe; Smith, Heather

• ISBN13: 9781579903749
• ISBN10: 1579903746
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Lark Books

Summary

In order to win at the science fair, go to the experts: these blue-ribbon science experiments are based on those from real students, and they're smart, imaginative, fun to do, and sure to be a hit with the judges! Youngsters will find over 50 exciting and challenging choices in all the major categories. Using easily found materials, they'll test such things as whether people who play video games have a different reaction time than those who don't, or if sound travels better underwater than through air. Easier projects come first, more difficult ones after, and many include a section called "Take a Closer Look" with research suggestions and additional information.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
Science Fair Basics	8	(13)
The Projects	21	(1)
Biology Projects	22	(40)
Simply Alarming	22	(2)
The Video Game Advantage	24	(2)
Food for the Beans	26	(2)
What's REALLY in the Food You Eat	27	(1)
What's That Smell? Oh, It's Me!	28	(2)
Time for Your Veggies	30	(2)
Ah...Refreshing!	32	(2)
The Nose Knows	34	(1)
Time to Take Your Temperature	35	(2)
Science Math	36	(1)
Get a Grip	37	(2)
Are You Left Out or Right On?	39	(3)
The Grass is Greener	42	(2)
Caffeinated Typing	44	(2)
The Sound of Music	46	(2)
Memories	48	(2)
Color Confusion	50	(2)
The Great Cricket Burglar Alarm Experiment	52	(2)
The Balance of Nature	54	(2)
Bacteria Wars	56	(2)
Family Fingerprints	58	(2)
Where There's Secondhand Smoke...	60	(2)
Physical Science Projects	62	(46)
Paper or Plastic?	62	(2)
Eggstraordinary!	64	(2)
Science Fiction Movie Bloopers	65	(1)
Powerful Produce	66	(2)
Pointing North	68	(2)
Science Math Continued	69	(1)
Remote Control Science	70	(2)
Brrrrrr, Bring Back the Clouds!	72	(2)
The Power of Electromagnets	74	(2)
The Great Fabric Test	76	(2)
The Chilling Facts	78	(2)
What Scientists Study	81
Under Pressure	80	(2)
Up on the Rooftop	82	(2)
Hooked on Hydrophonics!	84	(2)
The Water Knows	86	(2)
Lighter Than Air	88	(2)
Following the Rain	90	(2)
Air Matters	92	(2)
Meteorologists Take Shelter!	94	(4)
Sticky Science	98	(2)
Outsmarting Hercules	100	(2)
Wind Power!	102	(4)
The Daring Divas of Science	105	(1)
Dueling Densities	106	(2)
Chemistry Projects	108	(19)
Dyeing to Find Out	108	(2)
Enzymes in Action	110	(2)
Exercise Your Rights to Produce CO2	112	(2)
Bubblerama!	114	(2)
Tables and Graphs	115	(1)
Chromatography: What's in a Color?	116	(2)
Fishing for Chlorine	118	(2)
Acid Rain, Go Away	120	(2)
Rust Busters	122	(2)
Acid Battle	124	(2)
Ice Breakers	126	(1)
Acknowledgments	127	(1)
Index	128