100 Amazing First-Prize Science Fair Projects [Paperback]

Glen Vecchione (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Science Fair Projects

"This book is a good starting place for finding successful science-fair projects."--School Library Journal

"Can provide needed direction to parents and students facing looming classroom deadlines."--The Los Angeles Times

"Offers a real variety to young scientists."--Parent Council(R), Selected as Outstanding


Any kid can be a winner, and take top honors at the school science fair, by picking one of these 100 proven first-place projects. Among the cool ideas: demonstrate the action of magnetic fields, make a moon box, build "ant architecture," and measure static electricity. Plus, there's plenty of fun in creating homemade perfume and erupting volcanoes; doing a bubble gum plant graft; and building a big green solar machine. Youngsters will find plenty of hints for crafting eye-catching displays, too.

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"* "Offers a real variety to young scientists."--Parent Council(R), Selected as Outstanding"

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402719116
• ISBN-13: 978-1402719110
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars questionable testing, May 10, 2009

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C. Fong (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100 Amazing First-Prize Science Fair Projects (Paperback)

I spent a considerable amount of time and money buying the supplies for one of the projects related to electromagnetism. I had to hunt items down from several hardware stores and spent around $30-40. The experiment did not work at all. I tried changing some of the components around, spending more money, and it still didn't work. In rereading the project "("springy spring"), I'm not sure it even made theoretical sense, although I am a physician not an engineer. An engineer probably would have realized it wouldn't work and spared him/herself the aggravation and cost. After wasting my time with this over the course of several days, my son and I moved on to other book and another experiment.