What is a good science project for 3rd graders?
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One of my favorites was making a tornado in a 2 L soda bottle.\n\nWhat you do is take a bottle and pour it almost full of water. Get some grass and some small toys, like cars to put in there. I like to use the monopoly houses to. Then put a small drop of soap in then swirl the top a the bottle around really fast. There ya go a tornado. Then give a one or two paragraph summery on how a tornado is formed.
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you can pick and choose from this site, I won't bother explaining it, since we all know it, but this site is aimed at kids:\n\nhttp://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html\n\nYou might even just want to do the first parts and the last parts, but it depends on the age of the kids and stuff like that.
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http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/\nhttp://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
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hey, well, i'm in eighth grade and i've seen a lot of great projects...is it just a project on anything scientific or is it in a certain area (physics, chemistry, etc)?\n\n\nfeel free to e-mail me\n\ncaty_rocks_ur_sox@yahoo.com
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The best project will be one that has some interest to the 8th grader. So my granddaughter likes animals. But my youngest boy likes photography. So a pinhole camera would bore my granddaughter but would have caught the interest of my son.\n\nThat being said... Here's an easy one. Go to a store and find some cheap analog clocks (clocks with hands) that run on a single AA battery. Then go to Radio Shack and get some battery holders and some "aligator clip leads" -- short wires with clips on either side. And get a bunch of different brand batteries of different sizes (if you are trying to get by simply, use only AA batteries and then you just need the clocks and the batteries).\n\nTake off the battery covers and hook up the battery holders to the clocks with the clipleads (unless you are only using AA batteries). Then put batteries in and see how long it takes for the clocks to run down. This may take a long time. If you are short on time, try this. Get a flashlight bulb at radio shack and put it across the battery with the clock. So this way the battery is running the clock and the flashlight bulb at the same time. Note the time on the the clock and check it every day to see when the clock stops. You can graph the results easily.\n\nQuestions (form a hypothesis and answer one or more of these):\nWhat lasts longer, a AA, a C, or a D battery?\nWhat brand of battery lasts longer?\nWhat lasts longer, a standard carbon-zinc battery or an alkaline battery? What is the cost difference per unit? Per run time?\n\nA little research on the internet about how batteries are built, and the different technologies (carbon-zinc, alkaline, nicad, NiMh, lithium, lead-acid) and you have a great project.
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Here is a good site to check out:\n\nhttp://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/\n\nOver 500 topics for all age levels
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My kids use this website to get their science fair ideas http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ It has project ideas, tip sheets, step-by-step instructions on basic science fair setup, etc.\n\nGood luck!
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Science Fair Projects\n\nSelecting the Subject\n\n•Hundreds of free science fair projects are categorized under the following topics. \n\n•Click on any of the topics below to view the science projects. \n\n•You can then sort the projects alphabetically or by their level of difficulty.\n\n\nhttp://www.freesciencefairproject.com/\n\nhttp://www.scienceproject.com/\n\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/\n\nhttp://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/\n\nhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html\n\nhttp://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/2proj.htm\n\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/\n\nhttp://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/jacnau/IJAS/\n\nScience Fair Project Resource Guides\n\nhttp://www.sciencebuddies.org/\n\nhttp://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/\n\nTips for Success\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html\n\nhttp://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_tips.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Science Fair Projects\n\nSelecting the Subject\n\n•Hundreds of free science fair projects are categorized under the following topics. \n\nhttp://www.freesciencefairproject.com/\n\nhttp://www.scienceproject.com/\n\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/\n\nhttp://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/\n\nhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html\n\nhttp://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/2proj.htm\n\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/\n\nhttp://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/jacnau/IJAS/\n\nhttp://www.plymouthschools.com/Science/scifair/scicover.htm\n\n\nScience Fair Project Resource Guides\n\nhttp://www.sciencebuddies.org/\n\nhttp://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Resources/GettingStarted.html\n\nhttp://www.hallbar.com/sciencecenter.html\n\nhttp://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/\n\nhttp://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2004/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.kathimitchell.com/cells.html\n\nhttp://www.reacheverychild.com/science_fair.html\n\nhttp://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/sci_fair/science_fair.htm\n\nhttp://lkwdpl.org/schools/emerson/sciencefair/\n\nhttp://www.homeworkspot.com/sciencefair/\n\nhttp://www.kathimitchell.com/scifair.htm\n\nhttp://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/\n\nTips for Success\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html\n\nhttp://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_tips.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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http://www.scienceproject.com/
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try surfing: all-science-fair-projects.com\nyou select there from different categories..\ni hope you can find one :)
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Are you do this project for yourself or one of your children? Go to your nearest "Craft Store" - there you will find all that you need, including the hundreds of "Popsicle sticks" you will need. Good Luck, and if I am correct and your doing this for your child, you need to speak to the teacher, this assignment is far to difficult for a Grade 3 student. The teacher should have started with a "hot plate holder" first! Have fun Mom!
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Try www.miniscience.com  The website also gives you kits to buy.  Try www.scienceproject.com
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This site lists some interesting science project ideas...\nyou can modify them to make them more or less complicated depending on your grade/age.\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html#plants\nGood luck on your project!
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Why don't you check out this site - they have lots of ideas:  http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
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Try eduplace.com or edhelper.com\nCrayola.com is also free and has great ideas.\nThe public library has LOTS of books for crafts and BillNye type experiments.  The books by VANCLEAVE are excellent and easy to follow and implement.\nBelieve it or not, google exactly what you want, you'll find lesson plans too!
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All of these seem to have good starts for ideas,\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/Experiments_and_Activities/Science_Fairs/\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/\nhttp://www.scifair.org/\nhttp://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/\nhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html\nhttp://staff.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html