Your Guide to Science Fair Topics, Ideas, Experiments, and Winning Displays
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 [...]
TIME TEAM AMERICA Episode 3: New Philadelphia, Ill. This archeology dig was in New Philadelphia, Ill. The artifacts sought were left in the yard of a schoolhouse, located in the first town founded by former slaves before the Civil War. “Born a slave in South Carolina in 1777, Frank McWorter moved to Kentucky with his [...]
Salt flats are usually flat, as their name implies. One salt flat that doesn’t adhere to this description is “The Devil’s Golf Course” in Death Valley National Park. This salt flat was once a lake. As the water evaporated, the minerals that were dissolved in the lake water were left behind. Since the surface remains [...]
Meteorology is the study of weather in a given region. Weather refers to whats going on in the troposphere (atmospheric layer next to the Earth). In other words, weather is the condition of the air layer above the Earth at a given place and time. Weather reports include air temperature, humidity (how wet the air [...]
The video shows the movement of one molecule of water as it moves through the water cycle. Watch the video and then check out some of the other posts on this website about the water cycle. EARTH SCIENCE BOOKS Earth Science is the study of the Earth, which includes the atmosphere (air layer), lithosphere (solid [...]
After watching the video, check out some of the other posts on this website about clouds. EARTH SCIENCE BOOKS Earth Science is the study of the Earth, which includes the atmosphere (air layer), lithosphere (solid materials-rocks), and hydrosphere (water-oceans, rivers, lakes,and streams)
Question: Why are clouds white? Answer: Clouds are white because white light comes from the clouds to your eyes. Now let me explain where this white light comes from. 1. Light from the sun is white. This means it is made up of all the colors of the light spectrum, which are the colors of [...]
Question: How are clouds formed? Answer: Clouds are made of very tiny drops of liquid water called cloud drops or cloud droplets. Cloud droplets stick together to form larger heavier raindrops, which fall to the ground where they collect in puddles, lakes, rivers, and oceans. The water molecules on the surface of collected water (rivers, [...]
A simple diagram with definitions describing the different forms of water as it moves through the water cycle.
Standard time refers to sun time, or time one would determine using a sundial. A time zone refers to a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually called local time. Time zones were established in the in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883. But it wasn’t until [...]
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