I Have A Science Project. It Is Due n January 31. What Can I Do?

Answer 1

Do how much water is in each fruit. I don't know exactly how you do it. You can look it up. But someone did that at my school and won 3rd place

Answer 2

I've given this one to a few students in Yahoo answers. They seem to really like it. Others have said that no one else at their school had it.

Question: What is the purpose of blubber for artic animals like walrus, penguins, etc.

Hypothesis: Blubber acts as an insulator for animals that live in extremely cold climates.

Materials:
Crisco shortening
Three thermometers (like you'd use for measuring outside temperature)
Three cups or beakers
water
3 Baggies
Graph paper & pencil
Kitchen refrigerator
Clock

Procedure:
1. Fill one cup, 3/4 full with Crisco shortening.
2. Fill one cup, 3/4 full with water.
3. Leave one cup empty.

4. Put each thermometer in a baggie (This is just so its not so messy).

5. Record the starting temperature of each thermometer on the graph paper (make a table/chart).

6. Put the three beakers in the freezer.

7. At 5 minute intervals, record the temperature of each beaker.

8. Repeat for 30 minutes.

DATA: Your data is the chart or table you create.

It shd look something like this:

5 min. 10 min 15 min 20 min 25 min 30 min
Crisco ____ _____ ____ _____ ______ _____
Water ____ _____ ____ _____ ______ _____
Empty ____ _____ ____ _____ ______ _____

You can also graph your data.

The empty container is your control, if your teacher requires one. I always have my students do a control. The control is what you use to compare your result.

Your RESULT will probably be that the temperature in the crisco (which represents the blubber, which is dense fat) fell very slowly. The water fell quicker and lower than the crisco and the empty one fell the fastest and had the lowest temp.

The conclusion is that blubber acts as an insulator because it protects the animals internal organs from external cold.

Take pictures of yourself doing the procedure so you can put it on your display board. I also had a student who did a whole artic scene on their board with drawings of walrus and penguins. They used cotton for the snow/ice. It looked great. Your title could be FATTY INSULATORS.

Good luck!!

I'm a science teacher Grades 5 -8.

Answer 3

It depends on what grade your in, but you can go on sciencebuddies.com and you'll find a lot of suggestions.
My project is hard for my grade level. It's Does the shape of the human heart affect blood flow? In mine i'm testing five different shaped sponges with two tubes in each with a fish pump pumping red water into the sponges. I haven't made a hypothesis because my science teacher won't help me.
I also put another project idea site

Answer 4

A great topic for a science project can be on a particular animal maybe. You can discuss the type of food it eats, where it lives, etc. You can even talk about cells and the different parts and what they function as!

Answer 5

Given the planet's dire situation due to global warming and diminishing oil ('Peak Oil"), I'd look at any of the following topics:

- Global Warming and the greenhouse effect. Experiement: Heat difference between a brightly lit container covered by glass and container that is not covered. Materials: 2 plastic bins, 1 glass plate, bricks (to store heat), 2 thermometers, water in the containers.

- Renewable energy projects (geothermal, tidal, wind, hydroelectric) Experiement: Use two very small DC submersible pumps to generate electricity simulating tidal power generation. Materials: One small submersible pump generates flow of water, one pump is allowed to spin due to the water flow with the wires of the second pump are connected to a volt meter to show that it is generating electricity, circular plastic pan. (the pumps can act as either pumps or as generators)

- Energy conversions and the concepts of POWER, ENERGY, VOLTAGE, and AMPERAGE. Experiment: Show that the equation P=IE ==> Power = (Amperage) X ( Voltage). Materials: Two multimeters (settings for voltage and amperage ), Power adapter, rheostat, resistors. I would recommend buying parts at Radio Shack and find a good book on electronics. Build your own circuits and mount them. It would help to have the assistance of a teacher or professional who understands basic electronics.

Answer 6

It depends what you mean by science, if I was in that situation I'd buy loads of giant microbes from www.giantmicrobes.com/ and then use a model of the human body and put the microbes where they go. I know it's a bit lame but it would be more interesting that a boring volcano that your teacher will have seen a million times.

Answer 7

Edhead.com

Answer 8

Grow some mold on different surfaces.

Answer 9

not do it like me, but mines not a grade so i would say the volcano project.

Answer 10

theres alot of things you can do the classic volcano, example of technology today, etc etc many many things