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Where to find hot project
ideas:
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The Science Fairs Home Page
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Extensive lists of ideas divided into grade level. If you just need an idea for your science fair project, this is the place to visit.
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The National Student Research Center E-Journal of Student Research: Science
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Hundreds of abstracts of student research projects
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The Free Science Fair Projects Network
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The Free Science Fair Projects Network brings you the best resources on the internet for your science fair projects, without popups and banners. Select your school grade and take a look at the examples of real completed projects. If you already have an idea and just need some information to complete your science fair project, use the links below for the best free resources on the internet.
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National
Student Research Center
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Thousands of examples! Some
really good multi-media student research projects
are published at these sites. Great examples for
the beginning student researcher to replicate -- or
expand on. .
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Cyberbee's
Tips for Selecting a Topic
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Part of Linda Joseph's huge
Cyberbee site for the
Columbus Public Schools. (Also has lots of web
design tips.).
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The
Idea Exchange
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Archive of ideas in different
categories of science, and links to other idea
sites..
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Agricultural
Ideas for Science Fair Projects
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Agriculture doesn't have its own
category in science fairs, but it is a part of many
of the "official" categories. Here are a few basic
ideas of agricultural science projects you can do.
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Ask
An Astrophysicist
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NASA scientists answers to
questions about astronomy, space flight and related
questions.
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WWW
Virtual Library
of SciFairs
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An attempt to provide a single
comprehensive list of every science fair accessible
through the World Wide Web, whether of global or
local scope. If yours isn't there yet, add
it!.
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Yahoo's
Science Fair Directory
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Overlaps with the site listed
above, but adds hotlinks to current news in certain
areas of science..
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How to do a project (some with examples):
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Exploratorium
Science Snacks
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For three years, nearly one
hundred teachers worked with Exploratorium staff
members to create scaled-down versions of the
museum's exhibits. The results were dozens of
exciting "Snacks" - miniature science exhibits that
you can make using common, inexpensive, easily
available materials. And take a look at
the
Snacktalk Archive, three
years of discussion of the Snacks by teachers,
students, and parents..
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The Science Fair Handbook
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A very easy to understand online book that gives you a complete blueprint or roadmap for your project and covers everything from the Scientific Method to Presentation and Evaluation of your project.
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CyberFair,
The Virtual Science Fair
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A browsing list of sample
projects and a guide to doing experimental science
project, by David Morano, a Roosevelt Elementary
School parent and Mankato (Minnesota) State
University professor. .
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Science
Club
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Simple, medium and Advanced
projects (including the Disgustoscope and a
build-your-own lava lamp), with links to other
project sites and a book list..
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Mad
Scientists Network
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An archive of over 8,000
already-answered questions, and links to other
ask-an-expert sites, but if you reeeeeally have to
ask -- they're there for you..
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The
AskA+ Locator
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A database of high-quality
"AskA" services, searchable by keyword, subject
area, grade level, or a combination of terms.
Profiles of each AskA service include
identification information, scope, target audience,
and a general description of the service. Some of
the Web sites linked from AskA+ service profiles
provide additional resources such as on-line
reference, previously asked questions, and links to
related sites.
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Science
Net
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A British site offering free
science information, staffed by scientists who are
expert in explaining complex topics in everyday
language. Database of past questions by topic area,
with articles on topics such as how to survive an
avalanche and the need for archaeologists in
space..
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The
Yuckiest Site on the Internet
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The name says it all...
RoachWorld, Wormworld, and and how to turn your
most disgusting old smelly shoes into
flowerpots..
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Grossology:
The Science of Really Gross
Things
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"Most of the time you don't find
your own smells and scabs and oozes too disgusting.
It is usuallythe same stuff on someone else's body
that's really gross. But the reasons for the
ickiness are identical whether it's you, your
uncle, or the kid down the street. So as a
beginning grossologist, you will find out a lot of
sickening things about everyone."
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Frogs!
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The Exploratorium's past
special exhibit, a ribbeting experience. Includes
all the frog links you could possibly want,
including one to The
Virtual Frog Dissection
- less messy than dissecting a real frog (though
there's a link to a movie of that, if you must...)
And, from the people who brought you this Science
Fair site, Frogs:
A Learning Resource..
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