I've probably shared this site before, but it's a really good one so I don't mind sharing it more than once! My 10 year old's school science fair is quickly approaching and she's already chosen a project and started on it. Keeping it secret for now until the fair gets here. I will tell you that she's really excited for this year's science fair, her third. Anyways, when searching for ideas, I pointed her to the following website and let her roam through and pick out interesting project ideas.
Science Fair Project Ideas
Some of the 'projects' listed are better described as science demonstrations and not a good choice for an official science fair. For a science fair you want to setup an experiment that tests something and collects data. Science demonstrations, although very cool, often don't fit this experiment/data collection criteria. But there are many, many project ideas on this site that setup an experiment and require data collection. You can also search by project type and grade level to help narrow down your search.
After my daughter selected about 20 different possible projects (only browsed half of the total projects on the site!) we narrowed it down a bit further to remove any that required expensive equipment or seemed less likely doable given the experiment requirements. She narrowed it down to 5 or 6 and then spent several days debating which to choose.
If your child is interested in a science fair (and encourage them if the school has one), I highly recommend this website as a great way to pick up a few possible project ideas.
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