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Science Fair Project Ideas
Science Buddies has developed the Topic Selection Wizard to help you find a topic that can hold your interest. This tool will help you focus on an area of science that's best for you. You'll be spending a lot of time on your science fair project, so you don't want it to be boring. If you already know the area of science you want to focus on, search through our list of Science Fair Project Ideas which includes hundreds of science fair project ideas in all areas of science.
Science Fair Project Answers
The Science Fair Project Guide offers step by step information on how to do a science fair project, including examples and a self evaluation tool at the end of each step. For those questions that you just can't answer using our Science Fair Project Guide or through online research, our Ask an Expert online bulletin board offers personalized help to answer anyone and everyone's science fair project questions. If you are a serious student who wants to compete at the highest levels of science competition, check Science Competitions for more information.
Other Science Fair Project Resources
Our Teacher Resources have been expanded to offer a series of tools designed to help teachers introduce science projects in the classroom and to host their own school science fair. With detailed schedules, assignment worksheets, handouts, grading rubrics, and teacher tips, our resources will make it easier for teachers to use science projects as a way to achieve science inquiry standards in the classroom.

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"Thank you so much for this WONDERFUL resource! You have so many wonderful, manageable projects that all of our students were able to successfully complete their projects and participate in our school Science Fair. Your step-by-step directions made it possible for students and parents to complete these projects without a lot of help from me, (which made the month SO much easier)! I've been teaching for 20 years, and this is easily the BEST web site I've come across. Best wishes to all of you, and keep up the great work!"
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Roller Coaster Marbles: How Much Height to Loop the Loop?

Students at Wired's NextFest test out their engineering skills with the science fair project idea "Roller Coaster Marbles: How Much Height to Loop the Loop?" a popular project idea on our Physics page.

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