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Science Project Ideas

The Sweetest Experiment
Three methods of dissolving chocolate candy

Peanut Power
Description: How much energy is in a single peanut? Find out . . .

Battery Life—A Science Experiment (By Tracy and Emily)
Description: An experiment using the scientific method to determine which brand of battery lasts the longest.

Lemon Power
Description: Use a lemon to make a voltaic battery and even power a digital watch.

Make Your Own Lightning
Description: Find out how lightning works in a storm by safely creating mini-lighting bolts.

Using Water to Produce Energy
Description: Water can be used to do work. Build a couple of water projects.

Splitting H2O (Water) to Make Oxygen and Hydrogen
Description: Water is made up of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen, and these gases can be produced through electrolysis.

Make a Steam-Powered "Rocket Boat"
Description: Even Fulton would have loved one of these.

Make Your Own Solar Eclipse
Description: Demonstrate how the moon casts a shadow on the Earth using a orange, a flashlight, and a ball of clay.

Energy From the Sun
Description: Three activities that "bring the sun to life."

The Sun's Jobs
Description: What jobs does the sun do? Make a "sun jobs" chart or book.

Solar Hot Dog Cooker
Description: Instructions on building a solar-powered hot-dog cooker.

Measuring the Wind
Description: A simple gauge to measure how strong the wind is blowing.

Making an Anemometer
Description: Make a device to measure wind speed.

Build Your Own Volcano
Description: Use baking soda and vinegar to create a violent eruption.

Look, No Hands
Description: Inflate a ballon inside a bottle.

Greenhouse Effect
Description: Why does it get really hot inside a car parked in the sun? It's the greenhouse effect.

Make a Thermometer
Description: A thermometer measures heat energy. Build a simple one.

Did you know?: The first newspaper published daily in the U.S. was the Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser in Philadelphia in Sept. 1784.

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