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Web Sites
Discovery Education - Science Fair Central
This website is developed by Discovery Education which specializes in digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning. The pages about science fair projects do a great job of providing basic information, along with ideas, and describe the difference between Investigations and Inventions.
Science Buddies
This great site is put together by a non-profit organization. One aspect of the website that is especially helpful is the “Ask an Expert” link, which provides a personalized approach to “I Need help finding a Topic”. This site has tons of project ideas, and helpful hints at every step of the way.
Science News for Kids
Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. Their emphasis is on making the Web site appealing by offering kids ideas for science projects, and to try out scientific and mathematical puzzles. At the same time, they offer teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms. Select the Circus tent icon labeled SciFairZone to get started exploring great science project ideas.
PBS Kids - ZoomSci
This website, from the PBS TV corporation, offers kids a behind the scenes look at science projects that were featured on their show Zoom, and includes comments from students who tried these projects at home.
Library of Congress - Science Tracer Bullets Online
This is a great website from The Library of Congress, which explains how to find supporting information for your science project.
Illinois Junior Academy of Science
Think you’ve done a great job, and your teacher does too? Perhaps you could compete at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science! Check out this website for all the additional information about their competition, in addition to links containing science project ideas.
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