A list of projects ideas through which students test materials for various qualities, such as strength, flammability, density, and resistance to corrosion.

Great ideas to get students started on an invention for a science fair. A list of ways students will design and engineer a solution to a problem will help students begin choosing a topic. Check out the list of general science topics,...

Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the sense of smell.

Discover how to approach a scientific question, and learn eight steps students will perform in doing so. Offers suggestions on how to ask a testable question as well as several examples.

This helpful page from Discovery Education provides science fair ideas in Life Science, Earth Science, and Biology. Testable questions to get you started are listed beneath each domain.

A how-to science project with instructions to make a complete dinosaur bone dig site burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic.

See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.

This website has three different projects from which to choose on the topic of static electricity. Scroll up to learn more about static electricity.

This PBS site allows users to learn more about water convection as they discover how to demonstrate the way convection currents form. A fun science project!

Your science fair project may do one of three things: test an idea (hypothesis), answer a question, and/or show how nature works. Learn the steps involved in a project and get some great topic ideas.

A list of ideas for science fair projects for Grade 8.

Science activity shows what happens when a bar of soap is heated. Links to video of the experiment.

Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.

A descriptive list of chemistry-oriented ideas that answer such questions as: Have you ever wondered what happens inside of an egg when it is hardboiled? How do products like Bounce act to soften clothes after they are washed and dried?...

A collection of video lectures from a course reviewing linear algebra with applications to networks, structures, and estimation. Webpage includes thirty-six lectures from a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This adaptable rubric can be used by students to self-assess their progress on a project. This version is designed for science students but is editable for any course.

Watch Scientist Joe make a model of a rainstorm in a glass. Links to video of the experiment.

Watch Scientist Joe conduct the ice fishing experiment in this video presentation.

Watch Scientist Joe make a volcano using common household products in this video presentation.

Use shaving cream to design pretty paper in this hands-on experiment. Links to video of the experiment.

Cook up a sizzling snowball with this hands-on experiment. Links to video of the experiment.

Watch Scientist Joe as he makes the lava lamp experiment.

Watch Scientist Joe show how to use viscosity to make a snow globe from home in this video presentation.

Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This group of...