What is the Scientific Method

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Textbook answer to the above question. Click here: http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.htm

The Scientific Method can be used to solve any problem, even to find a date for Friday Night! Click here to find out how: http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/hsimeth.htm

Watch an animated movie on the Scientific Method and take a Quiz to test your knowledge. Click here: http://www.brainpop.com/specials/scientificmethod/

 
 

Science Fair Anyone?

Choosing a Topic: Ideas for Your Project

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Ideas for science fair projects come from many sources. Here are a few websites that can get you started in the right direction with some basic ideas which you can develop into projects, or you may find full explanations of projects you can do. Also, you can gather ideas from reading science magazines or looking at other sample projects. Just remember to choose a topic that interests you and have fun with your project!

Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideasframe.htm

"Agriculture doesn't have its own category in science fairs, but it is a part of many of the "official" categories. Here, we've put together a few basic ideas of agricultural science projects you can do. Use these ideas as a jumping-off place for coming up with your own project."

Cyber Fair: Idea Generation
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html

This site offers tips and sample topics as a starting point. This allows you to explore and find ideas that are interesting to you. Let your imagination run wild.

Eduzone: Science Fair Topic Sheets
http://www.eduzone.com/tips/science/showtip3.htm

Lots of fun and interesting topics here, and they are even divided up by grade levels.

How to Get Started
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/GetStarted.html

Guides you through the steps of picking a topic, including how to narrow down your topic. Also, the site includes "ways to find project ideas along with some simple exercises in how to frame your idea into a research question."

Newton's Apple
http://askeric.org/Projects/Newton/

Have you ever seen the science show, Newton's Apple? Click on the "Science Try Its" links. These activities are good sources for science fair projects.

Science Fair Central: Project Ideas
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html

This site breaks down ideas into topic areas such as "Animals and Insects," "Food and Our Bodies," and "Plants and Gardening."

Science Fairs
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/

"Science Fairs offers the student numerous scientific categories from which to choose and then provides a large number of project ideas in each category. We try to provide a good mix of ideas so that both younger students as well as high school students will find useful ideas...The site includes research, demonstration, and experimental project ideas."

Science Project Ideas
http://timmins.vianet.on.ca/pages/garwaha/ideas.html

This site gives you some great ideas in the different areas of science - Biological, Computer, Engineering, Environment, and Physical.
 
 

Sample Projects

Click on the Home Demos link and you can use the pull down menu to select from 40 experiments. From blowing, bouncing, bursting bubbles to dramatic static, this site tells you what you need, what to do, as well as explaining what's going on. Want to have some fun with science? Get a parent to help you and you can do some cool experiments with Reeko the Mad Scientist. Experiments are labeled Easy, Intermediate, and Advanced. "Here are titles and abstracts of science projects done by actual 7th grade students. Click on the title to see the Question, Hypothesis, Materials, and Procedure written by each." All types of projects here, and are organized according to level of difficulty. Taken from the Science Made Simple newsletter, this site contains 4 projects readers can do that explain scientific concepts with experiments. For example, the link to "What is Static Electricity" has very clear explanations about static electricity and projects to demonstrate static electricity. Perform cool science experiments! Learn how to make your own paper, build a spaghetti structure, grow mold on bread (yuck), create a *square* bubble--and lots more! You can send in your own science experiment ideas, too. Many are good for younger students. Kids at the Park Maitland School in Maitland, Florida, in grades 1-6, put their science fair projects on the Web! Each experiment has the Introduction, Hypothesis/Question, Methods, Results, Conclusion and Discussion sections and some even have photographs.
 
 

Other Science Fair Internet Resources

Many Ideas here: http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/bms/bmssf.htm Science Fair Hints

Descriptions of Possible Projects
 
 
 
 
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