Your Guide to Science Fair Topics, Ideas, Experiments, and Winning Displays
How to Grow a Sweet Potato in Water Purpose: To use experimental research to collect information about hydroponics, the growing of a plant in water. Question: How long does it take for a sweet potato to form roots, stems, and leaves? 1. Select a firm sweet potato. Choose one with buds if possible. 2. Insert [...]
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 [...]
What Characteristics Identify Water Striders as Insects? Insects have many different shapes, sizes, and weights. Some, like the water strider in the video, can stand and move across the water from 3 to nearly 5 feet per second. The video is in slow motion. Like all insects, water striders have three pairs of legs and [...]
Introduction to the Science At Home Series: Project 1: Fun With Water Investigation: The Blooming of a Paper Flower Andrea Roseman, a homeschooling mom with two lovely children, tested this experiment and posted comments on her website, WhatEverPhilippians48. Andrea and I exchanged ideas and with her approval, I have included her hints, clues, and suggestions [...]
Directions for Folding and Cutting a Four Petal Flower In this craft activity, you need paper (copy paper works), pencil, and scissors. 1. Cut a 4 in2 piece of paper. 2. Fold the paper square in half twice as shown in the diagram. 3. On the folded piece, draw what looks like a heart-shape. Make [...]
What Happens Inside a Chameleon that Changes Its Skin Color? New Terms light energy pigment transparent visible light white light Chameleons are so cool! Think about having skin that changes color when there is a change in temperature, or if you get excited –upset–mad–don’t feel well. We would not be able to “hide [...]
Chameleons Do Not Change Color to Match Their Background Terms You Will Learn camouflage chameleon environment predator stimuli A chameleon is a type of lizard whose skin can change color. If a chameleon’s skin color is similar to the color of its environment (surroundings) it will blend in with the environment and be [...]
Spontaneous? Spontaneous Science? Spontaneous: Arising from a momentary impulse. Spontaneous Science: Seizing opportune moments to play and have fun with science. Since science is a study of everything in the universe, science is happening around us 24/7. I am coining the term “spontaneous science” for any spur of the moment, wild, crazy, and creative [...]
Does Frog Pee Cause Warts? Kids have been warned not to hold frogs because they will get warts if the frog pees on them. This is not true. Warts are caused by a virus that is not found in frog pee. Do Frogs Have Teeth? Yes, frogs have teeth, but they don’t use them to [...]
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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