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

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With mouth wide open, vibrating air coming up the throat from the vocal chords leaving the open mouth and spreading in all directions. 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 and now am creating this science website.   My scream was not staged. The picture was to be of two adult cats, which I was holding. A microsecond before the camera snapped, the two cats dug their claws into my skin as they prepared to leap out of my arms. A picture like this is great for making inferences. Kids could make "guesses" as to why I am screaming. They would be drawing on facts from the photo, such as I look like I am in pain or maybe I am just pretending.

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  • Select a topic that you find interesting, then learn as much as you can about it. This is called RESEARCH. Research is done by reading as well as by asking people in the know, such as your teacher, parents, librarian, etc…
  • If you can think of an experiment to answer the questions, then you have a science topic. For example, ants follow one another when traveling to food and taking it back to their home. One way to determine if ants will not walk across talcum powder would be to sprinkle powder across the trail ants are traveling on. Part of the experiment could be to test the amount of powder used as well as the width of the powder across the trail.
  • (CAUTION: IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO ANT STINGS, DO NOT USE THE ANT TOPIC.)

Animals: Facts or Fiction?

1. Are Hummingbirds attracted to red colored objects?

2. Will  Ants walk across talcum powder?

People: Facts or Fiction?

1. Are the fingerprint patterns of children  similar to the finger print patterns of their parents?

2. Do Girls blink their eyes more often than boys .

3. Do People with dark hair generally have brown eyes and people with blond hair generally have blue eyes?

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