Science Fair Resources

All the experiments use common, easy to find materials, and there's valuable advice on creating an appealing presentation and writing a report to accompanying it.

Bochinski discusses various aspects of science fair projects, including advice on choosing a topic, doing research, developing experiments, organizing data results, and presenting a project to the judges.

This guide has forty award-winning science fair projects, a section on how to create a science fair project, and updates to science fair rules and science supply resources.

Through fun experiments, young scientists learn about the earth's layers and the rock cycle, the forces that change our planet's surface, and how rocks, minerals, and crystals form.

There are so many things to learn about plants and animals, and this book is a great place to get started. For students interested in competing in science fairs, the book contains lots of great suggestions and ideas for further experimentation.

With a huge variety of activities, projects, and experiments, readers will learn about scientific principles and get ideas for school science fairs from this outstanding resource.

Lively, hands-on, seemingly "dangerous" experiments that pop, ooze, crash, and teach! Create amazing yet simple experiments that demonstrate key scientific principles.

In a fun format, the author introduces simple scientific experiments to be done with items found in the kitchen or garden.

This book helps readers with creating and carrying out a science project by presenting an actual sample project. It also contains specific project ideas and strategies.

How much energy does it take to melt ice? How can you measure the density of a penny? Can you make an electric cell? This book is filled with experiments to help young scientists discover the answers to these and many other questions.

This book is filled with experiments to help you discover the world of organic chemistry. All you need are some common household materials.

Unlock the secrets of circuits, batteries, and magnets. Learn all about current, static charges, motors, and more. All you need are some common household materials.

Here is a place to find simple projects that will help young scientists begin to understand all aspects of planet Earth.

Learn all about density, pressure, collisions, expansion, contraction, and more. All you need are some common household materials.

Gifford looks at a variety of crimes and how forensic science can catch the criminals. This book also presents several simple forensic experiments that can be performed using ordinary objects.

Moorman discusses the basic principles of the scientific method, focusing on the various types of experiments that it may be applied to.

This is a guide to effective research techniques and report writing that includes a look at how to prepare for a science fair.

The real-life crime stories in this book are followed by science experiments and project ideas that highlight the forensic techniques used to solve the crime.

For students interested in competing in science fairs, this book contains lots of great suggestions and ideas for experiments on cells and microbes.

After learning some of the basics of fingerprint analysis, you will read about true crimes that were solved by forensic techniques that involve fingerprint analysis. Then you can do an experiment and test your crime-solving skills using a similar technique.

Compare hair samples from a mock crime scene, make a fiber reference collection, and analyze paint chips. Find terrific ideas for further experimentation so that you can create original science fair projects.

Through hands-on activities that reinforce the lessons, students will learn about the effects of smoke on lungs, how the heart functions much like a liquid pump, and how cells are structured among other concepts.

This author features a collection of biological science projects that demonstrate concepts and aspects of photosynthesis, genetics, plant and animal development, cell structure, and biochemistry.

This invaluable guide to physics projects, written for middle and high school students, details how to put together projects that showcase key physics concepts.

From constructing a levitating magnet to figuring out how music affects your workout, these fun science fair projects will encourage you to learn more about a variety of interesting topics.

Find all the tips you'll need to create a successful, high-powered science fair project, from getting started to competing at a regional or national competition.

The experiments presented in this book utilize Internet-based computer research to teach key science concepts.

This text contains earth science projects that focus on the relationship between living things and their environment.

This book presents new, tested experiments related to the field of environmental science. It is a resource designed to promote interest in science, in and out of the classroom, and to improve critical-thinking skills.

Forensic science is an applied science that uses scientific principles to meet specific goals. Students will collect evidence, perform research, develop hypotheses, think analytically, conduct interviews, analyze data, employ deductive reasoning, draw conclusions, and finally share their results with others.

These experiments explore the fundamentals of physics and chemistry, the interactions between matter and energy, and how one can be created from the other.