Your Guide to Science Fair Topics, Ideas, Experiments, and Winning Displays
Flies have a special mouth part called a proboscis. Much like the way the boy in the photo is using a straw, a fly uses its proboscis to drink liquids. Since flies do not have teeth, can they eat solid foods? Yes, and it really is gross, so get prepared: Flies vomit their stomach contents [...]
Penguin Activity Are your students as tall as an Emperor Penguin? Prepare a place to for kids to compare their height to that of an emperor penguin (males can be as much as 39 inches tall). If possible, have a picture or diagram of a penguin. Secure the pic/diagram to a wall with the penguins [...]
Penguin Facts: They adapt to various climates. They live in large groups called rookeries. They waddle when they walk. They communicate with each other through body language. They spend most of their lives in water. They are not afraid of people. Their have blubber, which helps to keep them warm. They leap out of water [...]
Panda Bears are considered special in China. Ancient emperors of China kept panda bears as pets. These pets were thought to have magic powers that could scare away evil spirits as well as natural disaster. Today, pandas are believed to be a symbol of peace and good fortune. Pandas only eat bamboo and can sleep [...]
When a fly lands on your food, it first uses sensory organs on its feet to “smell” the food. Unlike the boy in the diagram, flies do not have teeth to bite a chuck out of food. The boy is able to dip his cookie into the glass of milk to make it softer is [...]
Butterflies are cold blooded. This means they must warm themselves in sunlight. When a butterfly is chilled, it opens its wings as shown in the photo. This allows sunlight to warm each part of their wings. Kids can use their hands to model a butterfly with open wings. Janice VanCleave’s Teaching the Fun of Science [...]
Metamorphosis is a series of changes. The metamorphosis of a butterfly (life cycle) can be modeled using a few craft items, including a paper plate, construction paper and other stuff shown in the diagram. Discover for Yourself 1. Draw and cut out a 6-inch circle from construction paper. (Color is optional). 2. Fold the paper [...]
Fly Straws Flies don’t chew their food like we do. Instead they drink their food through a straw-like mouth part called a proboscis. We don’t have to drink our food, but sometimes it is fun, especially if you have fun straws. Drinking liquids through a straw is easy, but if the food is very thick [...]
You can use a butterfly wing craft to teach camouflage. First prepare a butterfly wing for each child. This can be done by folding one-fourth of a sheet of green construction paper in half. Draw the wing pattern shown, and then cut it out. Cut a large leaf from the remaining section of the green [...]
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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