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Readers Respond: Grade School Science Fair Project Ideas

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Do you have a great idea for an elementary or grade school science fair project? Here's your chance to share your ideas and help others with their projects. Share Your Project Ideas

grass grows gwell

Take one type of grass. Put 5 of those seeds in one pot. Do the same thing to other pot. Put one pot in an extremely bright window. Put the other pot in front of a cold window sill. Check your results every 2 days. Record the results.
—Guest farting is awesome

sensitivity smell

Do people have the same sensitivity to smell? Place people at one end of a room. Have another person open a scent, such as lemon oil or vinegar. Have your test subjects write down what they smell and what time they smelled it. Is the time the same for different scents? Does it matter whether the test subject was male or female?
—Guest jamie

DOOOGGGG

Can you teach an old dog a new trick - result...do it and find out!
—Guest I AM KELSEY!!!!!

Marigolds of Juice Soda Milk and Water

Get a small package of marigold seeds and put them in the same size pots and same amount of soil and same amount of sun. Now enter 1 cup of water in the first marigold pot, label it A.Then put 1 cup of soda in plant B.After that put 1 cup of milk in plant C.Finally put 1 cup of juice in plant D.Record your data of your conclusions...then repeat the project several more times until you find which plant (A,B,C,and D)has grown the largest and healthiest.
—Guest Ann

grow Grow GROW

Which grass seed grows the fastest??? (Pleaeaeaeaease put this science fair project into your own words. Thanks)
—Guest Mary

OF AFFECT ON BALLONS

Get sugar and a balloon. Take the balloon and rub it on the wall, then take a plate and put sugar on it. Rub the balloon 10 times on the wall, then lay it on the sugar and see if the sugar is going to stick to the balloon.
—Guest TAYLOR DELAHOUSSAYE

Water

does tap water freeze faster tha salt water.??-yes tap water does cause salt water takes loger to freeze cause it has salt i it.
—Guest Karma

Lemons & Batteries

Can you use a lemon, wire, and a a human to test it on to make a battery using their sliva? If so, how come? Results-yes you can the saliva has components in it that make an electric shock.
—Guest Jordan Kasulas

mold

How long does it take different types of food to grow mold? Why? Does the ingredients effect how fast it grows mold?
—Guest Jordan Kasulas

Can You Prevent Dust?

Dust one half of a dusty table with a damp cloth. Dust the other half of the table using a product meant to remove and help prevent dust. Compare the appearance of the table after time. Do both sides of the table get dusty at the same rate?
—PlaysWithMatches

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