Elementary Projects (Grades 4 - 6)

 

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Easy Projects

Buoyancy, Egg Floatation

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Suggested projects are highlighted.

Egg Floatation Project

GRADES 4-6 EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS

1. Understanding Electrical Conductors and Insulators (Quick)

2. Demonstration of principals; how is current affected by type of conductor, temperature, filament, etc. 

3. Compare material and objects for conductivity. (Quick)

4. Compare electromagnets for strength. 

5. Principles of fluorescent lights; how do they compare with filament bulbs, in effectiveness and cost.

6. Compare wires for conductivity.

1- How metals compare in conducting heat. (Quick)
2- How metals compare in density (Quick)
3- Egg Floatation (buoyancy) (Quick)
4- Efficiency of different types of steam engines 
5- How does the amount of oxygen affect the rate of burning? 
6- Does Temperature affect Solubility? 
7- Are some substances more soluble than others 
8- How do Airplanes fly? What is the best wing shape? 
9- How do waves carry energy? 
10- How do magnets work? How are they made? 
11- Compare densities of different gases 
12- How Light is Affected passing through water e.g. viewing objects under water, formation of rainbows. 
13- What limits the speed of a boat, a truck transport. 
14- Submarine; How to sink? How to float?

1- Chemical Change and the factors that affect the rate such as heat, light and catalysts
2- Acid and basic solutions, how are they produced, how can they be modified; practical considerations in soil, lakes, food; acid or basic solutions around the house. 
4- The effects of salts on the freezing point of water.  (Quick)
5- Fire must have air to burn. (Quick)
6- Effect of Acids on teeth, bones and eggs 
10- The effects of salts on the boiling point of water.  (Quick)

1. Day Length - Why the day length changes in different days of the year? Calculate or record length of days and nights over a period of time; what effects do the changes have on things like household plants, pets, etc. 

2. Air Movement - Is air in your house the same temperature at floor level and near the ceiling? How could you spread heat more evenly through the house? 

3. Dew - Does it form on clear or cloudy nights? What other frost factors increase the amount of dew? Can you measure how much dew is formed in a square meter. 

4. Temperature. - How does the temperature change during the day? What time is usually the warmest? Can you construct your own thermometer to keep your own records. 

5. Rain - How does a rain gauge work? Measure the rainfall over a period of time and compare it with the daily weather reports. - Principles of cloud seeding and other weather modification. 

Insects:

1. Personal observations on life cycle
2. Feeding habitats,
3. Population, flies, bees, butterflies. 
4. What light conditions are favorable for insects?

Nutrition:

11. plants and fertilizers 

Studies:

21. How pet mice respond to different types of food (pellets, crushed, solid)

Plants:

31. Why do plants grow towards light?
32. The effects of gravity on seed germination
33. How water moves through the plant
34. How plants reproduce and factors that affect the process
35. Why do plants move? 
36. How do plants get nitrogen 
37. Does gravity affect plant growth?

Soil:

41. The importance of earthworms to soil and plants
42. The effect of soil components and organic matter on growth of plants. 

Field Studies:

51. Plant and animal life in the school grounds
52. Plants and animal life in a creek or stream
53. Plants and animal life in a grassy field
54. Plants and animal life in a tree
55. Plants and animal life in a home garden
56. Plants and animal life in a balanced aquarium
57. Plants and animal life during winter x