Science Project Idea

Why do leaves change color in the fall?
- Separate the colors in a leaf using chromatography

What is static electricity?
- Swinging cereal
- Bending water
- Light a light bulb using a balloon

Why is the sky blue?
- Split light into a spectrum
- Sky in a jar

How do animals spend the winter?
- Feed and observe winter birds and animals
- Discover how insects survive winter

How do Batteries Work?

- Make a lemon battery that really works!

- Make a battery using water

How do Airplanes Fly?

- Demonstrate lift with a "flying wing"

- Make a paper helicopter

 

More Ideas:
         

How do boats float?

Why are leaves green?

How do refrigerators work?

Why do I get sick?

What is plastic?

How do light bulbs work?

Why do I breathe?

What is a rainbow?

What makes the seasons? Why do the days get shorter?

Why do people need eyeglasses?

How do I hear sounds?

How do batteries work?

How do airplanes fly?

What's inside the Earth?

Why is ice slippery?

FIELD acoustics aerodynamics anatomy anthropology astronomy biology botany chemistry climatology cytology ecology economics geology mathematics mechanics meteorology optics physics psychology seismology semantics sociology urbanology zoology

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