Your Guide to Science Fair Topics, Ideas, Experiments, and Winning Displays
Who Developed the Periodic Table of Elements? The periodic table of elements was designed independently about the same time by two different scientists. Credit is given to Dmitri Mendeleev, a professor of chemistry in St. Petersburg, Russia because he published the first version of the table in 1869. Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), a chemistry professor [...]
What is Matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, such as water. The photo shows water first falling and filling and collecting at the bottom of the waterfall. When the collected water increases in volume, the water spills over a rock boundary. Water takes up space. Volume is the amount of [...]
What Happens When A Substance Gains or Loses Energy? For this article, heat will be the energy source and water molecules the substance gaining or losing energy. So, what happens when water molecules gain or lose energy? Energy is needed for motion, the more energy a substance has the faster is its motion. [...]
How To Use the Interactive Pendulum Simulator Click the blue weight to run the simulator. You have the option of using one or two pendulums as well as using no friction or a measured amount of friction. There is a mathematical relationship between a pendulum’s length, period, and gravity. While the math may appear [...]
Where to Purchase Black Light Supplies Black lights come in many sizes, the flashlight black light shown as well as phosphors, such as “Glo Germ Powder” and “Glo Germ Lotion ” can be purchased from Amazon.com. The Glo-Germ Lotion and Glo Germ Powder can be used to teach children about the need for washing their [...]
BUFFALO GAL To Janice VanCleave: Author of fun science books for kids… You are a lady who never saw a problem you would not tackle! Right in that field, she fixed her place. …Please tell me it ain’t so! ‘Cuz there she was near face to face with a shaggy buffalo. There she sat quite [...]
Churning Butter Can Be Your Science Project Churning butter, making a cake or just about any thing you like to do or want to find out more about can be the topic of your science project. But—— You cannot just churn butter. Yes, there is more that you need to do to develop a simple [...]
I Wonder…How Much Is a Dozen? Round Up These Things 1 empty 1-dozen egg carton 12 small things that will fit inside the egg carton holders, such as plastic dinosaurs. Let’s Find Out 1. Open the egg carton and place it on a table. 2. Using your finger, touch and count each bowl-shaped [...]
Can a volcano be my science fair topic? Yes, volcanoes can be the topic of your science fair project–IF your project is an experiment with measurable results. This means that making a model of a volcano is generally not enough. Yes, it could be part of your project, but most project are expected to have [...]
ABOUT ME: Hi, I am Janice VanCleave, author of 50 best-selling science experiment books for children ages 4 through high school. I taught science for 27 years.
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