Science Fair

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Mr. Benson

Science Fair Links

Project Ideas

Note: Some sites listed under General / Comprehensive Sites also contain project idea lists.

Science Fairs Homepage
URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
Site of the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council. Contains many project ideas, grouped by approximate age level, then by category.

National Student Research Center
URL: http://youth.net/nsrc/sci/sci.index.html
E-Database of Student Research (Science). This site contains many projects – question, hypothesis, materials, procedures, results, conclusions…

Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
URL: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideas.htm
13 project questions in 5 categories.

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General Science Fair Sites

Science Fair Project 13.01
URL: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis@ozemail.com.au/scifun/projects.htm
Very thorough site with lots of links to help with research.

Internet Public Library’s Science Fair Project Resource Guide
URL: http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Includes many links to sites for all parts of the science fair experiment.

The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
URL: http://www.scifair.org
Includes articles on the scientific method, writing a report, designing your display board, etc., as well as project ideas.

Science Buddies
URL: http://www.sciencebuddies.com/mentoring/science-projects.shtml
Contains project ideas, how-to section, even info on engineering projects. Very good and thorough site.

Science Fair Primer
URL: http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html
All the steps of the science fair experiment laid out in an orderly fashion.

Science Fair Central
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Discovery Channel site. This site has a handbook and some project ideas. Also a link to Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (described below).

Cyber Fair
URL: http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/
Created for and by students in grades 3 through 6.

Science Fair Projects @ NASA
URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/fairs.htm
Science Fair resources, both books and web sites.

Successful Science Fair Projects
URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
Basics of doing a science fair project following the scientific method.

Science Fair Resource
URL: http://www.elmers.com/sciencefair/scienceproject.asp
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Other Science Fairs

WWW Virtual Library of Science Fairs
URL: http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
A comprehensive list of science fairs accessible through the web.

Discovery Young Scientist Challenge
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/index.html
A national science fair for grades 5-8, sponsored by Discovery Channel and Science Service, which sponsors ISEF.

London (Ontario) District Science Fair
URL: http://quark.physics.uwo.ca/sfair/scifr.html

General Science For Kids