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(Recommended
for 2005-2006 school year)
A group of project advisors at
ScienceProject.com identified the 10 best science projects for the school
year 2005-2006. Not surprisingly, most of these projects are related to
energy, environment and health. Selections are based on the educational
value, attractiveness, versatility and availability of material and
equipment. The 10 best projects are listed below:
| Air Battery/ Saltwater
Battery
In this project you will experiment
making electricity using a revolutionary method. You may call this
air battery because it uses the oxygen from the air. You may also
call it salt water battery because it uses a solution of salt water
as electrolyte.
The electricity you produce can be high
enough to light up a light bulb. You can extend the power by adding
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You can also perform
experiments to see how does the amount of salt, the amount of
oxygen, or the size of electrodes affect the amount of electricity
or the battery life. Write your results in a table and use them to
draw a graph. Recommended for ages 11 to 18. This is an experimental
(investigatory) project. [See More
Details]. You can order a kit at
MiniScience.com.
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| Wooden
Generator
In this project you will experiment
making electricity by spinning a magnet inside a wire coil. This is
the principle of electric generators. Make all parts using wood;
only the magnet and wire will be non-wooden
material.
The electricity you produce can be high
enough to light up a light bulb; however, it will just flicker if
you spin the magnet by hand. |
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perform experiments to see how does the number of wire loops or the
diameter of wire affect the amount of electricity it produces. This
is an experimental (investigatory) project. Recommended for ages 13
to 18.[See
More Details] You can order a kit at
MiniScience.com.
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Fruit Battery
(Make
Electricity From Fruits)
Even fruits can make electricity and if
you be lucky, you may even get enough electricity to light up a
light bulb. The electricity produced by fruits can easily be
measured using a multi-meter. In this project you compare different
fruits for the amount of electricity they can produce. Find out if
sour taste and acidity of fruits can contribute to the production of
electricity.
This project is a safe version of other
battery projects that use corrosive chemicals. |
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The electricity
from fruits is important because it also indicates the concentration
of minerals available in fruits. You can also use this method to
compare the quality of different potatoes or different oranges. This
is an experimental (investigatory) project.
Recommended for
ages 10 to 16.
[See
More Details] You can order a kit at
MiniScience.com.
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| Make a DNA
Model
DNA is a nucleic acid that contains the
genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all
cellular forms of life. By changing parts of DNA, scientists are
able to produce plants, animals and other live organisms with new
properties and abilities. Genetically modified crops and genetically
modified fruits are widely known and used.
For students who like biology and want
to understand the structure of DNA, making a DNA model can be an
exiting display project with special learning
benefits. |
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A model can
simply be made using foam balls. This can be a complete display
project or an addition to any DNA related project.
[See More
Details] You can order a kit at
MiniScience.com.
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| Starch test
kit
Starch test has been the most versatile
science project in the past few years. Students can modify it and
make totally new projects that are all based on starch test. Some
variations of starch test program are:
- Test apple maturity.
- The effect of sunlight on production
of starch on plants.
- Effect of enzymes on starch
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In a basic
starch test project you test different foods, fruits or products for
presence of starch. Find out how widely the starch is used in
different industries. You may expand the starch test topic to many
new project ideas. For example you may research the effect of
sunlight in production of starch or the effect of enzymes on starch.
Determination of starch in foods is important due to dietary
concerns of many people who are on a low starch/ low sugar diet.
This is an experimental (investigatory)
project.
Recommended for ages 10 to 16. [See
More Details]
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| Electromagnet
An electromagnet is by far the most
important electrical structure that exists in almost all electronic
devices. Most of today's Radios, televisions, door bells,
telephones, telegraphs and computers could not exist without
electromagnets. |
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In an
electromagnet project, you may make some of the simple devices that
use electromagnet; however the most important electromagnet projects
study the strength of electromagnet. There is an electromagnet
kit available at MiniScience.com; however, many students may
just purchase the magnet
wire (27 AWG) and find other material (nail, battery,..) at
home.
You can order a kit at MiniScience.com. |
Four other projects in this
group are:
For a complete list of projects,
visit ScienceProject.com. |
