VanCleave's Science Fun

Your Guide to Science Projects, Fun Experiments, and Science Research

Organizing A Science Fair

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Steps for Organizing a Successful School Science Fair To the Science Fair Director: A successful science fair requires a lot of work, which takes time. Do Not try to do all the work yourself. Hopefully the following information will be enough for you to plan ahead so you can delegate work to others. Remember, you […]

Science Project Index

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If you are starting a science project, I have a few suggestions as well as ideas for developing specific topics. First: Check out the Meet Me @ the Corner Science Fair Video. This is a video that I made with the director of Meet Me At the Corner–It was fun and I know that you […]

Experimental Science Fair Project Overview

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Bird’s Eye View: Experimental Science Fair Project Science Fair Projects are entries in a contest. Contests have rules. If your want to get a good grade on your entry, you must follow the rules. A summary of the requirements for an experimental science fair project is : The project must present a hypothesis for a […]

Science Fair Projects : Involving Parents

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Many parents work and do not respond positively to the news that their child must do a science fair project. Often this is because they are not sure what their child must do let alone how to help them. Too often this is because they become aware of the due date for the project a […]

Science Fair Project Benefits

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Too often science fair projects are viewed by students as more stuff to read. Kids love to explore and investigate. Generally, most kids don’t enjoy reading assignments. Kids and adults like me want to be involved–they want to make something–take something apart-find out what will happen if…….. Science Fair Project Benefit: 1. Organization: Students can […]

Science Project: Slime/Control

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Step 7: Controlled Experiment To conduct a scientific investigation, care must be taken to follow experimental procedures. You must design an experiment to test your hypothesis. When planning your experiment remember to: * Keep everything the same except for the single variable being tested, which for this science fair guide about using slime for the […]

Science Project: Slime/Hypothesis

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Step 5: Hypothesis A hypothesis is your guess about the answer to the project question. This is not a “wild” guess. You need to have a good reason for the hypothesis you state. Example: Project Question 1. If two solution, glue and borax, are mixed, what effect would the viscosity of the  glue used have […]

Engineering:Solar Power

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Garrett Yazzie: A navajo indian junior high student not only entered but won first place in the 2005 annual Arizona American Indian Science And Engineering Fair. Garrett’s has been called the “junk yard genius” by some because he secured most and maybe all of the parts for his solar heating project from a junk yard. […]

Science Project: Slime/Data

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Step 8: Data For this Slime experiment, you will be recording the distance that each test sample of slime flows in a specific amount of time.  You should test four or more  slime samples from each Glue Viscosity. Determine the best way for your to record your data. For example,  a sample data chart is […]

Science Project: Slime/Experiment

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This page is a continuation of directions for making slime as a science fair project. Note: This information contains ideas and information. It is not intended to be used directly for your project. Instead, use the information as a guide for designing and developing your own science fair project. Step 6 : Example Experiment The […]