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Offers 47 experiments of varied difficulty on topics ranging from buoyancy to simple machines.

Science Fair Projects About the Properties of Matter: Using Marbles, Water, Ballons, and More

Sports Science Projects: The Physics of Balls in Motion

Forces and Motion Science Fair Projects: Using Water Balloons, Pulleys, and Other Stuff

Science Fair Success Using Newton's Laws of Motion

Light, Sound, and Waves Science Fair Projects: Using Sunglasses, Guitars, Cds, and Other Stuff
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Primary School - Grades K-3
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Which will become ice faster, hot or cold water?
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Figure out how to fill a bottle from another bottle using pressure
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Antibubbles - skins of air which float around underwater, and vanish when touched
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Build a vessel that will hold the most pennies and still float (buoyancy).
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Liquids & Fluids (Chemistry) Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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Flow - Flowability Tests of Various Liquids
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Demonstrate by an experiment what an antibubble is.
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How hydraulics work?
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Investigate whether salt water allows heavier objects to float than tap water and whether liquid density plays any role.
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Viscosity, Thixotropy and Dilatancy of Petroleum-Based Materials
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Determine if the higher a water source, the higher the water pressure.
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The effect of slope angle on the amount of material eroded by water
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How much salt does it take to make an object float?
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Liquids & Fluids (Chemistry) Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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What liquid detergent best reduces surface tension?
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Do Denser Liquids Always Refract More?
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Surface tension: its dependence on material composition, and how it can produce uniquely shaped surfaces.
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Alternative classifications of viscosity for representative fluids and xperimentally measuring the viscosities against these classifications.
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How does sugar density affect the index of refraction of water?
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Explain why some tea leaves sink and some tea leaves come to the surface in boiling water.
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Does the temperature of water affect the time it takes for the water to freeze?
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The amount of heat absorbed by water at different distances from a space heater
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Viscosity's Effect on Liquid Droplets
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See how the hydraulic conductivity of water and crude oil is different.
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Test the effect of gas bubbles on the density of water.
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Determine how temperature affects the viscosity of corn syrup and glycerin. Try to figure out, using your experimental method and data, if Stokes Law can be computed to determine the viscosity of glycerin.
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Determine if the boiling point of water changes at different elevations due to atmospheric pressure.
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The Effect of Salinity on the Height of a Floating Object Above the Water
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The Effect of Water Temperature on the Buoyancy of a Floating Object
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Demonstrate Archimedes' principle
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Build your own barometer
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Will liquids with higher viscosities form longer necks on their drops than the liquids with lower viscosities.
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Compare the Adhesion of liquids on different shapes
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Which shape of boat holds the most weight?
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Compare Newtonian with non-Newtonian liquids.
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Liquids & Fluids (Chemistry) Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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