What is an easy/cool science project for a first grader?

Question

Last year she won the science fair when she was in kindergarten and she did an experiment with mold and bread. Any new ideas that are easy?

Answer 1

I did this and got an A, it was really fun too. What you do is cut up a bunch of different fruits and put them in a small bottle, like a water bottle. Then attach balloons to the top of each one and put in the sun, like next to a window. The balloons start to blow up. For mine, we recorded which fruit blew the balloon up the fastest and the slowest.

Answer 2

My favorite science experiment was when I put chicken bones in various solutions to see which ones made the bones the bendiest--I think I did water, vinegar, lemon juice, hydrochloric acid, and something else.

You can pull out all sorts of scientific findings from this; I think we (my parents helped a whole lot!) linked it to calcium, and what substances break calcium down. The guiding question was "What makes bones hard?"

The other project that I loved, and that was a crowd pleaser, was to dissect a cow's heart. You can buy them at the butcher, and I made a poster explaining the major structures and how they worked, and then brought in a heart to demonstrate with. It was great!

Answer 3

There's a book called Science in a Bag, from Scholastic. It has lots of good ideas in it for easy, kid-friendly science projects. Since she is obviously interested in science, it's most likely a great buy!

Answer 4

Osmosis: the movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
Pretty easy to do, a little food coloring and some celery and you have an easily demonstrable experiment.
Check out your local library.

Answer 5

Have you thought about doing something with the reaction between vinegar and baking soda? It's completely safe and it's pretty cool, just mix any amount of vinegar and baking soda and it bubbles up. My grandma used to use it to make a "volcano". Just an idea.

Answer 6

Try having her make a volcano using either dirt of soil that comes in a bag. Get some instructions online. I bet she would love it!

Answer 7

Mentos in a 2 liter coke

Answer 8

Check out these web sites

http://www.aolatschool.com/junior/science/matter

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/projects.html

http://www.science-projects-resources.com/first-grade-science-fair-projects.html

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0792282043?tag=ergonicworldo-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0792282043&adid=1HQG7BTYB5FANZMJWPYM&
-- looks like a really good bunch of books for young students!

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/kindto4/1.htm

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/kindto4/2.htm

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/kindto4/3a.htm

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/jvc/surpscifacts/index.html

http://www.homeroomteacher.com/1stgradesciencefairprojects.html

Hope these help! Enjoy:)

Answer 9

how sound travels through pipes
what metals are attracted to magnets
what different types of ice cream melt quickest.

Answer 10

Yes look up the LPB program "ZOOM" and there are many ideas on there