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April Specials
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Get 12% off all orders over $100 or more at
Edmund Scientifics use coupon code spring12 at checkout to save. Coupon
does not apply to Telescopes, GPS or Cameras and is valid April 1st through April
30th.
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Did You Know?
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Did you know that the flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia
Arnoldii? This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow
to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 24 pounds!
Rafflesia lacks any observable leaves, stems or even roots. It attaches
itself to a host plant and grows as thread-like strands of tissue completely embedded
within and in intimate contact with surrounding host cells from which nutrients
and water are obtained.
When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a pungent odor, similar to that of rotting meat
which attracts insects that pollinate the plant. The buds take many months to develop
and the flower lasts for just a few days.
Ward's Science has the Photographic Atlas of Botany and Guide to Plant Identification
which has thousands of photos to help identify all kinds of plants.
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Free Examples of Middle School Science Fair Projects |
Here is where you will find a free list of Middle School Science Fair Projects.
The schools, organizations and individuals listed here have posted their finished
science fair projects online giving you some great ideas and examples
for your own project.
Many of these science projects use materials that are available around the house,
making them very cheap, or completely free! Others require materials that
are available from reputable suppliers of science products like Edmund Scientific and ScienceKit.com.
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Studies have shown that interactive learning games help kids obtain better grades,
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Timber Ridge Magnet
School Online Science Fair |
Follow this link
to the Timber Ridge Magnet School's Online Science Fair, then scroll to
the bottom of the page. There you will find an excellent collection of
complete science fair projects for grades 1 through 8. They even have
pictures of the projects as the progress! You can also use these quick links
to take you right to the appropriate grade:
The grades listed above have individual projects so there are a lot of examples. This is an outstanding collection of free
science fair projects that you can use for ideas of your own.
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Selah Intermediate
& Junior High School Science Projects |
The Selah School District has an excellent Science Fair Project Ideas and Help page that has many helpful
resources, including completed student science fair projects from their Intermediate
and Junior High Schools. This is a very large collection from 1998 through
2005, and will present you with many ideas for your own science project. Use
the following table for quick access to the projects:
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Exploring Minds
- Science Fairs Section |
Exploring Minds is a program created by Merck Frosst, one of Canada’s leading research-based
pharmaceutical companies.
The Science Fairs section of Exploring Minds has a wealth of information
that is useful for your science project.
There are two sections of particular interest. The first section is titled "A
Few Projects." Here you will find
nine complete science fair projects. The second section is titled "1001
Ideas, Thousands of Projects!" While not complete science fair projects,
there is a lot of great material here that will give you ideas to develop your own.
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Our Science Fair Projects - Two Girls
From Colorado |
A nicely done collection of five completed
science fair projects by two girls from Colorado. They have specifically
posted these reports online in an effort to offer free help if you are having difficulty
choosing or researching good science fair projects.
They present detailed information on these projects that they have done together,
two of which were selected to go to the district science fair. Each page summarizes
the project, and there is a link to the completed science fair projects
in PDF format.
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E-Journal of Student Research: Science |
The Science area located in the E-Journal
of Student Research at the NSRC
(National Student Research Center) has
hundreds of abstracts of student research projects from Elementary through
High School levels. Although these completed projects are basically in short form
and without pictures, they are fairly detailed and should serve as good examples
of free science fair projects.
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