What is a good science fair project for global warming?

Question

Im in 10th grade and I need an easy but good science fair project and I can not think of what I can do. I didnt even pick the topic. My teacher did. Any ideas? Oh yeah, and are there any good websites where I can get information about it?

Answer 1

Why don't you drive your teacher crazy and turn the assigned topic around?

You can start out by showing various geologic features such as drumlins, kettlehole lakes, terminal moraines (for example, Long Island, NY), aretes, and rounded valleys. These, and other features you will find out about, were all formed when the continental glaciers melted away and left behind these marks on the landscape. Continental glaciers? Oh, they formed during the (at least) 4 Ice Ages that affected the world some tens of thousands of years ago (Ice Age -- you know -- like the movie---only for real!)

Now the fun part: What caused the Earth to get so COLD that ice miles thick in some places could form and advance so far?
Then WARM up (this is the global warming part) so much that the ice melted away before there were cars or factories or spray cans or even people!

You will probably get some flak from your teacher, but then again he (she?) didn't say it had to be about today -- did he?

So you can show that, yes, the Earth is getting warmer. So what? It has happened at least 4 times in the past. And, yes, each time it had devastating effects on the environment it affected (when was the last time you saw a Wooly Mammoth?)

It is getting warmer. It can't be stopped. We will have to learn to adapt or go the way of the Mammoth.

(BTW you might check out about the Mammoth that was found in Russia about 100 years ago encased in ice -- after they took it out the scientists had a Mammoth steak dinner.)

The title of your project could be: " Global Warming --It has Happened Before" subtitle: "Even Before There Were People".

Find out what scientists think caused the Ice Ages and how the Earth warmed up between the Ice Ages (called the Interglacial Periods --which we are now in).

Another tidbit: check out "Little Ice Ages". George Washington could tell you some about it -- his army had to suffer through it during the Revolutionary War at Valley Forge.

Websites? Google "Ice Age" or "glaciers" or "glacial features" or any other word(s) that refer to the Ice Age

Have fun!

Answer 2

global warming is sooo bogus. how about do your project on how the heck did al gore made over 100 million on global warming. Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification. A scientist makes certain assumptions and then produces a theory which is only as valid as the assumptions. The theory of Global Warming assumes that CO2 is an atmospheric greenhouse gas and as it increases temperatures rise. It was then theorized that since humans were producing more CO2 than before, the temperature would inevitably rise. The theory was accepted before testing had started, and effectively became a law. BS! you really should read into this topic.

Answer 3

Sounds like one of those indoctrination programs. Make you report on it, thereby putting you in the position of defending it. Such is our world.

At any rate, something I would find interesting would be a report on how a melting artic cap and greenland ice sheet can interfere with the thermal-haline ocean conveyor belt carrying heat from the tropics to northern latitudes. It's been proposed that this could trigger a new ice age. Not too complicated for a 10th grade science level, and threats of doomsday are always fun. Good luck.

Answer 4

One suggestion I have would be to collect observations on the types of flora and fauna in your community and compare with historical records on the same from a nearby university to see if there have been any changes over time. Are there things that grow in your community that are known not to have grown there in the past? Have there been any changes in the populations of animals or reptiles such as frogs or lizards? If you were to find differences you might propose that they may be due to climate changes realized in your own community. This type of project would be of interest to science fair judges and the general public.

Answer 5

You can look at the relationship between global warming and how it's effecting the waters. Simple. Just use a model which will reflect how extreme heat is making the waters rise. I'm thinking... Magnifying glass, ice, ruler, some heat+light (sun), a large bowl, something to represent some land... maybe...

Alternatively, you can also look at how, the waters (polluted water this time) is effecting the animals, us or maybe even global warming itself.

Good luck. And sorry, no websites to help out.

Answer 6

You'll have to do some research but you might want to do something showing how global warming ended the last ice age. Might even want to show how much of the earth would still be covered with ice if it wasn't for global warming.

Answer 7

i would say you might want to show how the world was in 1980 and how it is now and how all the changes in weather and climate are affecting us and how if we dont start doing things to help our world we are gonna make it worse

or you may want to do a project on what would happen if we were going through it like how icecaps would melt and many states would be underwater and stuff like this

Good Luck

Answer 8

Emissions from coal and oil refining plants to produce electrical energy.