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This site guides you from start to finish with your science fair project. It concentrates on how to find ideas for a project. That seems to be the hardest part for many students, coming up with a topic idea. You will also find a lot of ideas on the site for projects and even actual detailed projects to do.
NOVA scienceNOW covers everything from stem cells, to lab-made meat (more shudder less udder), to a heartwarming segment with a cancer researcher who went to heroic lengths to save his work after hurricane Katrina.
Information to engage students in solar energy science fair projects with tips for the scientific method, poster board layouts, research, ideas, experiment worksheets and planning. Grades 4 through 12.
It offers step-by-step guidance in doing science fair projects for middle and high-school students. A timeline guides students through the process of how to keep a science log, choose a category and topic, research a project, complete all six steps of the scientific method, write a project report, make a display board, and give an oral presentation.
This site has over 500 free science fair project ideas with full instructions and explanations. It also has a search tool that scans all ideas for keywords of interest and lists ideas that contain those keywords.
Science Year is one of the most comprehensive learning resources for children, teachers, and parents.
SAS is an organization for people who like to get involved in science. The goal of the organization and the website is to help ordinary people gain access to the brass-tacks tools and techniques used by working scientists. It also helps ordinary people get involved in real-life scientific research on a volunteer/amateur basis. They also publish a weekly electronic bulletin full of hints and tips for science enthusiasts. Most appropriate for high school aged kids.
This site provides content on various interesting educational topics. The most interesting ones are “Then & Now”, “Treasure Chest”, “How To” etc. The lessons are of good standard from India.
This website contains explanations for the following questions: Why is the sky blue?, Why are clouds white?, Why are sunsets red?, Why is the ocean blue? It has a set of 5 quizzes with 10 questions each to test how well students understand these explanations. This Web site could be used for middle school reading comprehension exercises as well.
Sky Diary KIDSTORM provides information on individual pages devoted to tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing, addressing a lot of the common questions kids and adults have and explaining the science involved. There are also safety tips, photos, illustrations and links to other sites with valuable information. Plus, on the first page are links to: real-time severe-weather watches and warnings; satellite and radar images; and a storm word search.