Did you know that the Earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March then in September? What do you think happens to the habitants of the earth when this happens?
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Winter break is the perfect time for kids to explore science independently of their classmates and teachers. Independent exploration of science helps kids to find topics that they are interested in, as well as to develop skills that will help them to become better students in the future. While this sounds like an easy thing to do, students will still need a little guidance in getting started.
If you are currently on winter break and are bored then there are several holiday activities that you can do that will relate to science. The first option is to start making observations about your environment. You can make observations about how your family reacts to changing noise levels or to how they react to a crowd of people at a holiday party. You can also make observations about weather patterns, your pets or even about yourself. Making observations is the first step in developing a science project.
The second holiday activity that you can complete is to conduct basic experiments. Experiments can be conducted in your kitchen, in your garage or outside. To find ideas for fun and safe home experiments just browse through this blog, there are dozens of ideas for projects. Completing these experiments will help you to figure out how to set up an experiment and how to test a hypothesis.
Online research is another activity that relates to science that you can complete while on winter break. This activity has several purposes. The first purpose is to give you experience conducting online research. Secondly it will give you practice taking notes and creating bibliography entries. Finally, it will help you to find science topics that interest you. All of these things will help you to develop a super cool science fair project which most likely will take place during the second semester of your school year.
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Many students think that science fair projects are boring and tedious. However, this is only because they think that their projects are limited to the same tired old topics that have been done a thousand times. This is not the case.
When developing a science fair project you need to think outside of the box and you need to be innovative. One way to do this is to develop a unique angle on a common science topic. For example, you can select the topic of chemistry and apply it to the field of adventure sports.
Adventure sports include everything from skiing to ice climbing to back country exploration. If you decide to do your chemistry science fair project on an adventure sport then you will want to select a sport that you are either interested in or that you participate in yourself.
The next step is to figure out what aspect of the adventure sport that you want to examine. For example, if you are interested in mountain climbing you can look at how your blood chemistry is impacted by high altitudes or cold temperatures. On the other hand, if you are interested in deep sea diving you can look at how various chemicals can be used in rebreathers to allow divers to stay underwater longer and to deal more effectively with the pressures found at depths.
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Historically organic chemistry was believed to be unique to living things. However, this was disproved in 1828 when an organic compound known as urea was produced in an inorganic chemical reaction between ammonia and cyanate.
Findings that disprove science “facts” can be a way to win an online science fair contest.
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