5-6 Science Fair Handbook

PROJECTS OFTEN DONE BY STUDENTS Projects should be experiments, NOT demonstrations and should reflect the student’s own work and ideas. As an experiment the project is a collection and analysis of data. The following list outlines topics that are commonly seen at science fairs and ARE NOT necessarily unique ideas or projects. If your student does a similar project, make sure it is well thought out with a lot of data and multiple trials and has a creative twist. ✓ Effect of music/talking on plants ✓ Effect of light/dark/colored lights on plants

✓ Effects of different liquids on plants ✓ Effect of soda/coffee/etc. on teeth ✓ Effect of running/jumping/music/video games on blood pressure, etc. ✓ Strength/absorbency of paper towels ✓ Which is better? Brand wars (popcorn, soaps, fertilizers, batters, etc.) ✓ Basic maze running ✓ Effect of color on memory/emotion/mood/etc. ✓ Effect of color on food taste ✓ Optical illusions ✓ How music effects learning ✓ Color choices of gold fish ✓ Fingerprints and Heredity ✓ Hovercraft design ✓ Colonizing bacteria from doorknobs, hands, places around school ✓ Mentos and Coke