wats a good science fair project thats doable on a 10$ budget?

Question

the topics due tomorrow please help me

Answer 1

Diet Coke and Mentos.

Baking soda and vinegar?

Answer 2

You don't say what grade level project you need, so it's difficult to recommend something appropriate.

Here's some good resources;
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Your big expense will probably be the project board, depending on where you get the 3 paneled cardboard backdrop. You can make your own out of a large box painted white.

When you evaluate your project ideas, remember you can borrow equipment, or substitute things you can't afford with stuff from the kitchen, basement or garage (usually). Just ask. Remember, adults usually can help you think around problems in acquiring equipment, or find alternative ways of doing something. You can make paper-mache things instead of using expensive styrofoam balls, or cut packing styrofoam to size and shape you need. Use scrap wood if you need to build.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Go to the grocery store and write down the nutrition information off the side panels of the boxes of cereal to see which one is most nutritious, and compare this to the prices (better nutrition = higher price?). You may want to ask the store manager if you can do this, or let them know or something first, so they don't just think you are being weird in the store.

You can also interview the store manager to see which cereal is the better seller, and ask if you can interview customers to see if the nutrition content influences their buying decisions or not. If the manager doesn't want you to interview customers, you could ask your friends and family members.

Once you have all your data, you can make some conclusions about buying habits and how important nutrition is in the decision-making about the purchase, or what might be the most important thing in the decision to purchase one particular brand of cereal over another.

All this project will cost is your display materials to present the findings of your research, and gas money or bus fare back and forth to the store (if you don't live within walking distance of one....).

Good luck!

Answer 4

A great one we did was with a package of sock and 5 of the sample packages of laundry detergent. The children loved it and it can be very easy for the young or go more in depth for the older child.

Depending on the number of different types of laundry soap you have will depend on how many socks you will need. Make sure you keep a control sock that is unwashed and a control sock that has been washed in plain water with no soap.

Have the same child put on one sock at a time with each one on the same foot. Make a "path" through the yard that your child will walk the same with each sock. Try to find different types of areas to walk through: cement, grass, sand, dirt, clay, both wet and dry. Try to keep the amount of dirt as even as possible on each sock. Then wash each one of them in a different laundry soap. Make sure you use the same settings on the washing machine each time with the SAME WHITE clothing each time. We use 3 white towels.

It was a fun project that we did as a family when they were young. Since they were younger, it didn't have to be as exact, but with and older child, you could really take it far.

Hope you enjoy it!