Science Project?????

Question

My daughter is 11 years old and in the 5th grade, this year the Science Fair is mandatory, which I think is great but we are clueless to what kind of project she should do.Can anyone reccomend something that is fairly easy (she is suppose to do this by herself) but will still WOW her peers and will be something she can be proud of. Thanks

Hey ecoandy ~thats great she is very much interested in global warming~ can you elaborate or tell me where i can get more info

Answer 1

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html

This site has lots of good projects, ranging from simple to hardish. I used it after I was in fifth grade. When I was in high school, even.

Answer 2

Depends on what grade you are in but here is a good one. Sleep Deprivation Human subjects are best but if you can not get no volunteers rats will do test their abilities in hand eye coordination concentration and memory You do this by giving simple test and video taping them as well as taking detailed notes. Then you began the Sleep Deprivation after three days test and video tape and take detailed notes of the subjects abilities to preform theses tasks after being deprived of sleep be sure to record in your notes the Speed of each response before hand and after For the memory part a multiple choice test that is exactly the same a the one given before hand is best and for the concentration have the subjects read a short book and record and note their eye movements Also record and note which subject do no make it though the project and the time they failed for hand,eye test use something soft like a beach ball and toss it to them recording and noting speed response and ability to cacth the ball Make you notes into an eye catching presentation write your findings on index cards and place them with the presentation and read them after you show the video. It is fun to di and will probably win.

Answer 3

in my 5th grade science class i built a small envionment and did a little reasearch on the lynx. i dont know if your daughter is into the whole art thing but i enjoyed it when i was in the 5th grade. all you have to do is go to a craft store and pick out a few things to make it look like a lynx (or any other animal) habitat.

i wish ur daughter luck!

Answer 4

Take a full soda bottle, put it over the sink cap on, full and upright, and then drill a hole in the side. The soda bottle will not leak when the cap is on because the air pressure can only get in through the hole so it keeps the water in. When you take the cap off, it will leak because the air pressure can come in the top and push the water out.

Answer 5

You should check out the Make magazine, and its cousin Craft, for great and innovative ideas. They are like open-source gizmo ideation aggregators. They're awesome!

http://www.makezine.com/
http://www.craftzine.com/

Answer 6

ask whether smell defines taste. tell each peer to close their eyes while you stick a piece of candy in their hand. tell them to keep their eyes closed and their nose plugged, and ask them if they taste a flavor. if they are doing it right, they shouldnt taste anything. then let them unplug their nose and taste it.

Answer 7

demonstrate global warming with mason jars, thermometers, and varying amounts of co2...by yeast and sugar or breathing or car exhaust. does more co2 = hotter?