Comments on: Science Fair Contest http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/super-science-fair-projects-blog/science-fair-contest-competitions/science-fair-contest/ The Super Science Fair Projects Blog is a place to get science fair project ideas, topics and experiments-to ask questions and get answers from other parents, teachers and students. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jordan http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/super-science-fair-projects-blog/science-fair-contest-competitions/science-fair-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jordan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0000 http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/blog/category2/science-fair-projects/#comment-160 Optical Illusion Science Fair Project Idea: Find 10 pairs of children that are the same height. Dress one of each pair in stripes that go vertically and one in stripes that go horizontally (same material). Get a panel of 5 boys and 5 girls and ask them to tell which one of the pair is taller. Do vertical lines make things look taller? Do boys and girls see this the same way? Does color matter or just the way the stripes go? Optical Illusion Science Fair Project Idea:

Find 10 pairs of children that are the same height. Dress one of each pair in stripes that go vertically and one in stripes that go horizontally (same material). Get a panel of 5 boys and 5 girls and ask them to tell which one of the pair is taller. Do vertical lines make things look taller? Do boys and girls see this the same way? Does color matter or just the way the stripes go?

]]> By: Robbi E. http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/super-science-fair-projects-blog/science-fair-contest-competitions/science-fair-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Robbi E. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:19:43 +0000 http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/blog/category2/science-fair-projects/#comment-2 Fall is a great time of the year to introduce your students or kids to scientific observations. Field work is key to gathering scientific data and will be used as the primary data gathering technique in upper grades and college. During the Fall months you can explore your local area and have your students keep a journal on observations that they make about the world around them. For example, one student may want to record how long it takes for a tree in their yard, in a park or on school property to go from a green and fully foliated specimen until it loses all of its leaves. Each stage of the transition can be documented with notes, drawing and specimen samples or photographs. Observational field studies are cheap, easy and accessible for every student. Fall is a great time of the year to introduce your students or kids to scientific observations. Field work is key to gathering scientific data and will be used as the primary data gathering technique in upper grades and college. During the Fall months you can explore your local area and have your students keep a journal on observations that they make about the world around them. For example, one student may want to record how long it takes for a tree in their yard, in a park or on school property to go from a green and fully foliated specimen until it loses all of its leaves. Each stage of the transition can be documented with notes, drawing and specimen samples or photographs. Observational field studies are cheap, easy and accessible for every student.

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