High School Science Fair Projects

How to do Research for High School Science Fair Projects Elementary and Middle School students will also benefit from these strategies.

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• Or are you just looking for high school science fair projects? Here are a few ideas:

  
  * Would you like to do wind energy science fair projects?

  You can build a complete, electricity-producing wind turbine over the weekend and have your science fair project completed in a week!

   

  * Here's an idea for a science fair project... How about the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Experiments Science Kit?

  30 distinct experiments gives you a fun, hands-on way to discover fuel cells, one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. Winner of the Silver Award from The Parents Choice Foundation. Experiments include a car that uses solar power and a fuel cell to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis.

  Discover the effects of direct and indirect radiation; electrolysis and its effect on water; qualitative and quantitative analysis of gas in a fuel cell; how efficient is electrolysis?; how does light influences electrolysis?; or add make up your own experiment! Check it out...

  * Environmental Pollution Science Fair Projects where you will find the new invention called the Haze Monitor. With it you are able to the Gunk in the atmosphere. It is easy, fun and absolutely amazing instrument and science experiment!

   

   

  * For more elementary, middle and high school science fair projects on CD-ROM, look at our Science Fair Software page.

  Ask permission to record the interview. Wear a watch. Be on time and leave on time.

  Sincerely thank the person for his / her time and information.

· When you get home, listen to the recording. Write in your Write in your Science Projects Log the person's name, company, position,  expertise, date of interview. Hand write a thank you note and  mail it the next day.

Write a letter of inquiry:
Dear____
I am a student at Jones School and am doing my science fair project on natural organic fertilizer's effect on the growth of cucumber plants. I would appreciate you sending me any information that you would have as soon as possible.
Thank you,

Print your first and last name, address - street, city, state, country, zip code; school grade.

Sometimes it helps to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If you can contact the person via email, you may receive the information sooner and it is much less expensive than mail.

Now you will turn your science project ideas topic into one question that you would like to investigate and learn about. It is the scientific question you are going to solve.

What are you curious about? Make your question very specific. A good question answers the question, "Can I improve results by doing this?"

Example:

HERE'S AN IMPORTANT TIP:This is your opportunity to think outside the box. A quality that impresses scientists and engineers is a willingness to take risks and go where no one has gone before. You can have the neatest display board and notebook, but if you choose a project that you can do with a minimum amount of work, you probably won't get a high score on middle school or high school science fair projects.

BUT, if you have an imaginative curiosity along with a passion for discovery and dedication to follow the scientific method, the judges may like your project even if you do not prove your hypothesis.