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50 Science Fair Project Ideas

The science fair is fun, finding an idea can sometimes be challenging. Be creative when choosing a project and have fun! Here is a sample list of ideas, the possibilities are endless.

1. The ever popular Solar System and how it works.

2. Don't forget the Volcano, with spurting red food colored lava.

3. Why do we refrigerate? Samples of food in the fridge vs. out of fridge.

4. The Tomato; fruit, vegetable or berry?

5. The Bug Collection. Native bugs to where you live, find real ones.

6. How finger nails and hair grow.

7. The Morse Code.

8. Generators and switches.

9. Lifts and Pulleys an how they are used in the modern world.

10. HTML and how to use it.

11. The history and working of the telephone.

12. The history and working of the television.

13. Thomas Edison and the light bulb.

14. The human body. What it is made of: organs, muscle, bones, skin etc.

15. How it rains and the weather.

16. How to blow bubbles and the best soap to use.

17. Termites, Friend or Foe

18. The Atom.

19. DNA

20. Shampoo, are they all the same?

21. Lightning Storms

22. The tides of the Ocean

23. The sun dial

24. How to grow tomatoes, corn, carrots, pumpkins, or watermelon etc.

25. Soda, kinds, properties and uses

26. Fossil Fuels, what they are and how they are used.

27. The Strawberry, is not a berry. What is a berry?

28. Magnets, their properties and uses.

29. Why do cakes rise?

30. How does dough rise? The properties of yeast.

31. The Potato. Why do potatoes have eyes?

32. The importance of farming.

33. Milk, the history of pasteurization.

34. Electricity how it is created and delivered.

35. The toilet, and plumbing.

36. Architecture, how sky scrapers are built.

37. Bridges and how they are built.

38. Physics and Force, Push and Pull

39. Spaceships, history and take off.

40. Gravity, what it is and how it works.

41. Water and it's properties and uses.

42. Solid, Liquids and gases.

43. Exercise, why the body needs it.

44. The food pyramid and eating healthy.

45. How the heart and vascular system works.

46. The Brain and central nervous system, why it is important.

47. Dog breeds and how to decide what type of dog is best for you.

48. The human eyeball and how it works.

49. Computers history and how they work.

50. Rocks, Stones and Gems. Where they are native, sluicing and collecting.

This world is full of marvels, find a topic that interests you and you don't know much about. Be an investigator and find out everything you can. Gather all your data and organize it into sections. Come up with creative ways to express what you have learned. Then teach what you have learned to others, and that is how to make a great project. Have fun and enjoy making your science fair project.

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