Your Guide to Science Fair Topics, Ideas, Experiments, and Winning Displays
Types of Variables in A Science Fair Project Independent variables Dependent variables Controlled variables A variable is part of an experiment that can change, such as amount of light, temperature, humidity, time changes, or plant growth. Independent Variable In an experiment, an independent variable is a variable that either changes on its own, or you [...]
A Science Project Can Be an Award Winning Science Fair Project Some science projects are science fair project and some are even award winning science fair projects. To understand the difference, you first need to understand what a science project is. Following are the building blocks of a science project. Science is from a [...]
What Are the Variables in “Float a Needle” from “Science Wizardry for Kids” by Margaret Kenda. “Floating a Needle” is an exploratory investigation about surface tension. Surface tension is the property of liquids in which the exposed surface acts as if a thin skin has been pulled across it. This property is due [...]
I wrote this book with the objective of helping kids create their own winning science projects. The project ideas in the book are to be used as clues to develop individual project. How do you begin a project? What can you do to impress the judges? How can you create an eye-catching display? Discover the [...]
Question: What happens when you mix the colors, red and white? Kid’s Answer: You get pink underwear! Yes! The answer came from one of the kids I worked with when writing this book. While changing the color of underwear is not one of the science projects in this book, there is a project about color [...]
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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