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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Males and Females Play the Same Types of Games?

For Students 3rd - 8th
There are many different types, or genres, of computer and video games. This includes racing, fighting, sports, adventure, and puzzle games. Survey your classmates in this science fair project to find out if certain genres of games...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Copying Music and Movies From the Internet: Digital Piracy and Fair Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource on digital piracy and fair use. Students read the literature on the topic and participate in a role play acting as congressional members arguing about the lawfulness of file sharing copyrighted material over the...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Turn About's Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: The Play

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Language. It offers links to background information about the play, a study guide, a website about the play, and an article about Shakespearian...
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iCivics

I Civics: Judges: Playing Fair

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson examines the role of fair and impartial courts in American life. Students learn a basic overview of the judiciary branch, including how judges are appointed and held accountable by citizens.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hey, That's Not Fair! (Or Is It?)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students can use the calculator to simulate the dice rolls to play two different games. They will decide if the games give each player an equally likely chance of winning. They also compute the probability of an event...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are Your Eyes Playing Tricks on You?

For Students 6th - 8th
Yogi Berra said "You can observe a lot by just watching." In this human biology science fair project, you will observe how your eyes perceive color by watching afterimages. Afterimages are what you see after staring at an object for...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Shaw's play remade into the musical My Fair Lady in which Professor Henry Higgins tutors the very Cockney Eliza Doolittle, not only in the refinement of speech, but also in the refinement of her manner.
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Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Home Made Play Dough

For Students 2nd - 5th
Don't buy the expensive stuff when you can make it yourself. Discover how to make homemade play-dough.
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Other

Jr. Nba Player's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this site features the sport of basketball, the advice is great for all sport enthusiasts. Topics include team play, good sportsmanship, health and fitness, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Odds Fair Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a follow up to flip chart on odds. Students will play a game in pairs with a pair of dice and record the products. Usually, the student who chooses the even products wins. They will use the odds...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tick Tock, Does Your Mouse Know the Time on the Clock?

For Students 9th - 10th
For this science fair project, you will build a device that records your nocturnal pet's activity by monitoring movement of its exercise wheel to see how it varies during the day and night. You can also experiment with various ways of...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Building Banjos

For Students 9th - 10th
It is said that you can't play sad music on a banjo. Following the instructions for this science fair project, you can make your own rough banjo and see effect the resonator has on the sound. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Make a Phonograph From Everyday Items

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this physics science fair project, the student will use common materials to play back sound from a vinyl record album. The student will investigate what kinds of materials produce the best sound. The Science Buddies project ideas are...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Re Mi With Straws

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this fun science fair project about the physics of musical sound production. Here you will make musical instruments with drinking straws, one for each note on a one-octave major scale. You will figure out the right lengths for...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gamers: Myth or Man?

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of people have preconceived ideas and perceptions of people because of stereotypes. This science fair project will help you examine whether the stereotypes of "gamers" actually matches those that actually play video games.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Minding Your Mummies: The Science of Mummification

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Mummies have always played a part in nightmares for Western cultures, but in ancient Egypt, mummification was a serious religious ritual. They believed that preserving human remains was necessary so that the previous owner could enjoy...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: With a Little Bread as Bait, Can You Make a Bird Migrate?

For Students 1st - 5th
You might like to play in the autumn leaves and winter snow, but have you noticed that many birds don't like to stick around for the cold weather? And instead of the birds you're used to seeing in the warm months, your new feathered...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: She Shoots, She Scores!

For Students 6th - 8th
While watching an ice hockey game, have you ever wondered what differentiates a good player from a great player? For sure, the great player is athletically superior to the good player. But maybe it is a combination of athleticism and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Building Beaches

For Students 3rd - 5th
A day at the beach is a wonderful way to spend time with your family and friends. You can swim, play games, and build sand castles. But have you ever thought about how all of that sand got there and wondered why the shoreline weaves in...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gel Well: Which Additives Make the Strongest Gelatin?

For Students 9th - 10th
Gelatin. It's hard to think of another food that is used as frequently on the dinner table as off. You can find it in all sorts of sweet foods, from ice cream, yogurt, and gummy bears, to marshmallows and yellow colorings for sodas. Off...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Want to Make a Video Game? Here's How!

For Students 6th - 8th
Do you love playing video and computer games? Do you dream of someday creating your own? With this science fair project you can turn that "someday" wish into a "today" reality.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Spin Right 'Round With This Simple Electric Motor

For Students 6th - 8th
If you put on clothes that were washed in a washing machine, rode in a car, ate food from a fridge, warmed up lunch in a microwave, or played a video game, you used an electric motor. Try this science fair project and you'll learn how to...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Slinking Slinkies

For Students 3rd - 5th
Want to do a project with a toy your parents, or even grandparents, might have played with? Slinkies are fun toys that also make great science fair projects. In this experiment you can build an inclined plane to compare the walking speed...

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