Science Festival Ideas

Project ideas can be found by googling "Science Fair Project ideas," looking it up in books in your local library, or even asking around!

Some links to try:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml
http://www.education.com/science-fair/
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

Science Festival Ideas Include:

Build a....

• Bridge
• Lever
• Plane
• Tower
• Boat
• Train
• Compass
• Hovercraft
• Telescope
• Instrument 
• Model (of DNA, ecosystem, etc)
• Ant Farm/other farm
• Cookers
• Baking Soda Volcano
• Nanobots
• Mousetrap car
• Ruth goldberg machine
• Anything you can think of! And do something with it!

Grow something interesting/ in an interesting way

• See how the placement of a sunlight source can affect the growth of a plant
• Place flowers in dyed water and see what happens

Come up with a hypothesis and test it

• The effect of _________ on ____________

Do a demonstration

• Elephant Toothpaste
• Fizz Bizz
• Colorful milk
• Cabbage acid/base indicator
• Color Wheels
• Science "tricks"
• Extract DNA

Make Something

• Naked Eggs
• Crystal Formations
• Milk Polymers
• Egg Drop Case
• Rubber Bones
• Lava Lamp
• Slime
• Model a protein

Make a presentation or poster on

• Your favorite topic in science
• A specific event in science
• A disease
• Your favorite mineral
• Different weather types
• Your favorite galaxy

Try to solve a problem

• How do I keep soda from going flat?
• Build something to reach hard-to-reach places
• How can I keep something warm? How can I keep it cold?

Create

• Your own computer program
• Your own video game