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Science Fair Projects

For many pupils and students, science fair projects is the first real attempt at science. Use our guide to find great ideas and sources.

Posted by Tormod Guldvog
24 October, 2007 11:10:00

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Science fair projects often take the form of competitions where students strive to come up with the most original idea and create a science project out of it.

While some critics argue that the science fair project environment is too competitive for primary schools, it is a very popular activity among both teachers and students. It is mostly an American activity, but the practice has been adopted almost world-wide, with students from Europe, the Philippines, Japan and many other countries coming up with lots of science fair ideas.

Finding a good idea for a science fair project can be a daunting task.

There are a lot of good resources out there, but they can be hard to find. Feel free to suggest more links to this hypography feature by submitting links to our science links directory - or use our contact form!

Related Links

Math Projects for Science Fairs
http://camel.cecm.sfu.ca/Education/mpsf/
The page contains suggestions for possible school math projects from the Canadian Mathematical Society

Requirements for investigatory projects
http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/intel-philsciencefair/guide.html
A page from the Intel Philipine Science Fair with instructions for investigatory projects

Science Fair Idea Exchange
http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html
The site includes ideas archive on biology, chemistry, physics, psycology and links to other Science Fair sites

Science Fair Primer
http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html
The page has a primer which is written to help students to develop science fair projects

Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
The page offers science fair ideas, kid science fair projects, and science fair projects at DiscoverySchool.com

Ultimate Science Fair
http://www.scifair.org/
The Web site contains ideas for projects, step-by-step project instructions, links to other resources, and the board for ideas exchanging

Instructions to build a mousetrap car
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/mouse.html
A step-by-step guide, including a list of materials, to building a mousetrap car

Energy and Science Projects for Students
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html
California Energy Commission presents a number of science projects and energy activities for students, K-12. Each of them has a short description on this page and then a link to the actual activity

Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html
The page contains the notes about the experimental scientific method in school science projects

Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/mathproject.html
The page contains some ideas for math project and links to other science fair resources