Resources:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/40-cool-science-experiments-web
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/scigirls/activities/
- Observing gas under pressure
- Make a LAVA LAMP (chemical reactions) 11-08
Edible Slime Recipe 10-25- Making Quicksand (density plus viscosity)*9/27* 10-11
- Melting Chocolate (states of matter/temperature) *9/13*
Snap Circuits! (circuits and electricity) 1-12-12- Making Egg Float in Water (density)
- sugar?
- Rolling cars on ramps, comparing times (showing how the steepness of the ramp affects the cars time
- Parachutes (different sizes have different fall times)
- Rock candy*****
- Testing the ph of household substances, what they mean**
- Lemon voltage
- Salty, sweet, sour and other different tastes (exploring the taste buds in your mouth)***
- We should have a sense day and do something with each of 5 senses
- touch
- feel
- taste
- hearsmell
- Blowing Up Balloons (using CO2 from chemical reaction)
- Make Glowing Water (UV light + phosphors)
Testing to see if your body is left side or right side dominant (human anatomy)- Stabbing Potatoes with straws (air pressure)
- Making music with water (vibrations)
- Food coloring in hot/cold water (watching molecules)
- Taste testing without smell (testing senses)
- Crazy Putty (polymers + textures + structure) **
- Gravity Free Water (air pressure)
- Bucket Spinning (water doesn’t fall out of bucket b/c of first law of motion)
- Science: Its a girl thing (website)
- robotics, engineering
- natural pigments
- making taffy
