My son is 12 and in grade 6. This is an inner city school with no scientific equipment so no microscopes or pH meters. What are some ideas for a simple science project? The potato clock and the mentos and diet coke thing are already being done.
2007-01-12 09:12:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2007-01-12 09:16:33 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Roberta. 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The ideas I have are more of a health related nature...
#1
He could do a project about how drinking too much soda affects your bones...
Sodas contain lots of phosphorous (which leaches the calcuim out of your bones.)
Take 2 chicken bones place one in a jar of water (control) and the other in a jar of pop (I think I've seen Coke used.) Leave them for the same amount of time, then test the strength of the two.
Project #2
Requires coffee filters, water, and sugar, and a stop watch.
Measure the same amount of water (2 cups) into 5 jars. Place varying amounts of sugar into each jar.... one plain for the control, then, 1/4 c., 1/2 c., 3/4 c., and 1 c. (Make sure the sugar is completely dissolved.)
Starting with the control, pour the water through the coffee filter and time it with the stop watch. Record the time. Repeat with the other sugar solutions. (Make sure you use a clean coffee filter each time.)
It is supposed to simulate how much harder your body has to work to process all the sugar out of soft drinks. You'll notice the more sugar the water has dissolved... the longer it takes to go through the coffee filter.
Hope that helps!!
2007-01-13 00:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by lmhelpme 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing new that you could do with a pennyless 12 year old and it's pointless to reinvent the wheel. Anything new would take a lot of money and technology. The school is flushing your time down the toilet. Instead, buy him a book on real estate or the stock market so he can make a living. To pass the stupid course, go to a hobby store and buy a cheap, prepackaged science kit.
2007-01-12 17:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
How about doing his project on how alcohol affects the human liver by getting a good piece of liver and putting it in a jar with water, and putting the other piece of liver in a jar with alcohol for a month make your son take notes everyday! I did this in 4th grade and I got a A plus!!! Good luck!!!
2007-01-12 18:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by ♥cheyanne♥ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try this one:
1) Concentrated Sulfuric Acid gets rid of Acne...
2) Why it's a good thing to call a cop a PIG in his Face...
3) Tire Slashing at Walmart is GOOD for the Tire Industry...
4) Biting of a Rats Head and see how long the Eye Balls are reactive...
5) How many Code Red Mountain Dews does it take to belive that you ARE IN FACT, THE DEVIL!
2007-01-12 17:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Rembrandt 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋
one very interesting experiment i found out at an open house is pretty easy.
materials: candle, match
procedure: light the candle, and let it stay light for a little while. then blow it out. put a lighted match in the smoke of the candle. the gas in the smoke if flammable, carrying the fire down to candle, thus lighting it.
2007-01-12 17:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by bubba smarts 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Newton's third law of motion, build a balloon rocket car.
2007-01-12 17:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by harleygurl1975 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
tsunami is a good project
2007-01-12 17:20:25 · answer #8 · answered by LENA 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋