Science Fair Web Links
All links were verified September 2006
Project Ideas
Note: Some sites listed under General / Comprehensive Sites also contain project idea lists.
Science Fairs Homepage
URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
Site of the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council. Contains many project ideas, grouped by approximate age level, then by category. Be advised: all Primary and some Elementary topics are demonstrations, not experiments. A good list nonetheless.
National Student Research Center
URL: http://youth.net/nsrc/sci/sci.index.html
E-Database of Student Research (Science). This site contains many projects – question, hypothesis, materials, procedures, results, conclusions…
Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
URL: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideas.htm
13 project questions in 5 categories.
General / Comprehensive Science Fair Sites
Note: the guidelines on these web sites may differ slightly from GPHSF guidelines. Be sure to follow GPHSF guidelines when preparing for the GPHSF.
Science Fair Project 13.01
URL: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis@ozemail.com.au/scifun/projects.htm
Very thorough site with lots of links to help with research. (Thanks, Alyssa, for this one!)
Internet Public Library’s Science Fair Project Resource Guide
URL: http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Includes many links to sites for all parts of the science fair experiment.
The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
URL: http://www.scifair.org
Includes articles on the scientific method, writing a report, designing your display board, etc., as well as project ideas.
Science Buddies
URL: http://www.sciencebuddies.com/mentoring/science-projects.shtml
Contains project ideas, how-to section, even info on engineering projects. Very good and thorough site.
Science Fair Primer
URL: http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html
All the steps of the science fair experiment laid out in an orderly fashion.
Science Fair Central
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Discovery Channel site. This site has a handbook and some project ideas. Also a link to Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (described below).
Cyber Fair
URL: http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/
Created for and by students in grades 3 through 6.
Science Fair Projects @ NASA
URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/fairs.htm
Science Fair
resources, both books and web sites.
Successful Science Fair Projects
URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
Basics of doing a science fair project following the scientific method.
Science Fair Resource
URL: http://www.elmers.com/sciencefair/scienceproject.asp
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Other Science Fairs
Homeschool Learning Network Virtual Science Fair
URL: http://www.homeschoollearning.com/vsf/
The first completely virtual Science Fair dedicated to home educated students.
WWW Virtual Library of Science Fairs
URL: http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
A comprehensive list of science fairs accessible through the web.
Discovery Young Scientist Challenge
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/index.html
A national science fair for grades 5-8, sponsored by Discovery Channel
and Science Service, which sponsors ISEF. (Note that in our area, 5th grade students are not eligible, since they do not participate in the Delaware Valley Science Fair.)
London (Ontario) District Science Fair
URL: http://quark.physics.uwo.ca/sfair/scifr.html
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