what is a good science fair project for an 8th grader? I've tried to find 1 on the internet but couldn't find 1
2007-03-24 15:24:34 · 5 answers · asked by blaze345 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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2007-03-24 15:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Cutie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a 2nd place science experiment when I was younger that was actually pretty fun. It tested the effects of "acid rain" on plants.
I chose three of the same small plants and took photos of each, and also measured the height of each as well as took noted on how healthy they looked. Then I watered them each day -- one with plain water, one with half water/half vinegar, and one with only vinegar. Give each plant the same amount of whatever you are "watering" it with, each day.
At the end of the first week, take another set of photo of each plant, and write down how tall the plants are, as well as making notes on how healthy they look, if they are drooping at all, if the leaves are becoming discolored, etc.
Continue doing this for however long. I did it for 5 weeks (the one watered with vinegar died way before that, though), but if the fair is soon, you could do it even for just two or three weeks, but you may want to record data more often then just once a week so you have more to present.
Anyway, at the end of it, draw up a nice chart on posterboard that shows what happened to each plant, and keep some room to put up the before, during, and after pictures you took. Supplement this with information on actual acid rain and pollution of water supplies.
2007-03-24 22:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by Tamara V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try mine. You can do it on your friends or family. Or something simular and collect the results. See if one person is consistantly "lucky".
http://pic5.piczo.com/HowPsychicAreYou/
You can sell it to the public as a "paranormal" experiment and to the school as a "statistical" experiment. Statistics is the mathematics of probability.
It looks silly but same principles involved as real experiments in physics and chemistry etc. Amazingly simular experiments to mine have been tried by researchers who actually got paid; rare but true.
2007-03-24 22:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-24 22:34:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go on google.com
and type in AWARD WINNING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
you should get quite a few there.
2007-03-24 22:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by desiikid94 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋