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Acid/Base Indicators

By Janice VanCleave

Indicators Acid Indicators are  materials that change color in an acid solution. Base Indicators are materials that change color in  a base solution. Acid/Base Indicators are materials that have one color when mixed with an acid and another color when mixed with a base. Red Cabbage Juice is an acid/base Indicator. The juice has a […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: acid, base, indicator

Insect Proboscis

By Janice VanCleave

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 […]

Filed Under: Biology, Insects Tagged With: animal, flies, Insects, proboscis

Variables For Making Rock Candy

By Janice VanCleave

A Science Fair Project is a cause/effect investigation. The cause is called an independent variable (something you purposely change). Changes in the independent variable affects another variable called the dependent variable. You AFFECT the investigation by making changes in the independent variable. The objective of the investigation is to measure the EFFECT that this change […]

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Fly Digestion

By Janice VanCleave

Barfing Flies Did You Know…Flies taste with their feet? Insects have taste organs which are usually located on their mouth parts; but some insects, such as house flies can taste with their feet. When a fly walks on your pizza, nerves in the fly’s feet detect the presence of different chemicals in the food and […]

Filed Under: Biology, Insects Tagged With: amylase, Barfing flies, human digestion, Insects, proboscis

Capillary Action

By Janice VanCleave

Capillary action is due to the cohesion of water molecules with each other and the adhesion of the water molecules with the walls of the glass tubes.

Capillary Action is also called wicking, which is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. In the diagram, three different size glass tubes are standing in a container of colored water. Notice that the water rises to a different height in each of the tubes. The more narrow the tube, the […]

Filed Under: Biology Tagged With: adhesion, capillary action, cohesion, transpiration, transpiration system

Symmetry: Butterfly Wings

By Janice VanCleave

Butterfly wings are beautiful examples of symmetry, which means that the wings on one side of the body match the wings on the opposite side of the body. Instead of the word match, let’s say the wings are mirror images of each other. Mirror images will perfectly fit together. When a butterfly folds its wings […]

Filed Under: Biology Tagged With: Biology, symmetrical

Science Projects about Rocks and Minerals

By Janice VanCleave

B and L Fine Minerals not only defines what a mineral is but identifies and provides photos of different minerals that they sell.

What are Rocks? Rocks are a mixture of different kinds of minerals. What are Minerals? The following definitions on what constitutes a mineral information is from B and L Fine Minerals. The definitions are from different were taken from several different sources and are arranged by year. “A mineral is an element or chemical compound […]

Filed Under: Science Projects Tagged With: minerals, rocks

Halite Crystal Project: Getting Started

By Janice VanCleave

Index 1. Research/Exploratory Experiment 2. Variables and Project Question 3. Hypothesis

Filed Under: Science Projects Tagged With: crystals, science fair project tips

How to Grow Salt Crystals

By Janice VanCleave

Halie Crystal

How to grow Halite Crystals Materials: tap water, measuring cup, tablespoons of table salt, stirring spoon, tray (large enough to hold the paper), 1 sheet of black construction paper Procedure: 1. Fill the measuring cup with 1/2 cup (125 ml) of water. 2. Make a salt solution by adding the salt to the water. Stir […]

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Polymer

By Janice VanCleave

A polymer is a very long chain-like molecule. Poly means many and mer means unit. A polymer is made by bonding (linking together) many small molecules called monomers (one unit). Polymers can be made of kinds of monomers and they can be linked together in different ways. A model of a polymer, such as the […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: bonding, ethylene, magic, plastic bag, polyethylene, polymer model, polymers

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