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Font and File Size
Font and File Size
Difficulty
Time Required Very Short (≤ 1 day)
Prerequisites None
Material Availability This science project requires a PC with Microsoft Word or another word processing program that allows fonts to be embedded in text files.
Cost Very Low (under $20)
Safety No issues

What is your favorite font? Is it Chalkboard, Comic Sans, Futura, or Curlz? Whatever your favorite font is, you can test it out with this fun science project. Read more
How Many Letters?
How Many Letters?
Difficulty
Time Required Very Short (≤ 1 day)
Prerequisites None
Material Availability Readily available
Cost Very Low (under $20)
Safety No issues

Can you remember all of your ABC's? Computers need to "remember" letters too. Every time we use a computer to write a story, the computer needs to "remember" the letters in the story by saving them to the computer's memory as a file. In this experiment find out how much memory it takes for the computer to "remember" a series of letters. Read more
Go Wild! Try a Wildcard
Go Wild! Try a Wildcard
Difficulty
Time Required Very Short (≤ 1 day)
Prerequisites None
Material Availability Readily available
Cost Very Low (under $20)
Safety No issues

Everybody's favorite card in UNO® is the wildcard—why? Because it can stand for any card you want! Your computer uses the same idea. A wildcard on your computer can stand for anything you want when you search. Do this science project to find out if using wildcards to conduct a search can help you find more of what you're looking for. Read more
Printing Power! Save the Environment, One Printer Page at a Time
Printing Power! Save the Environment, One Printer Page at a Time
Difficulty
Time Required Very Short (≤ 1 day)
Prerequisites You must have access to a computer with an Internet connection and word processing software. You should also be familiar enough with your word processing program to perform simple actions like changing font size and printing. Ask an adult to help if you need it.
Material Availability Readily available
Cost Very Low (under $20)
Safety No issues

Do your parents ever get upset with you for "wasting" paper and ink from your printer? Maybe you wanted to print a comic you found online, or a whole bunch of pictures of you and your friends being goofy, or all the instructions on how to put together that really awesome LEGO® castle. But 20 pages of text and pictures later, your mom or dad is yelling at you. Why do they even care how much you print? And why do people say it is a "waste" of… Read more
Ready, Set, Search! Race to the Right Answer
Ready, Set, Search! Race to the Right Answer
Difficulty
Time Required Very Short (≤ 1 day)
Prerequisites You will need a computer with an Internet connection.
Material Availability Readily available
Cost Very Low (under $20)
Safety No issues

Do you or your parents ever use the Internet to get fast answers to all types of questions? Like what time does the amusement park open? How do you open a lemonade stand? When is the next Pixar movie coming out? Chances are, any question you can think to ask is answered somewhere on the Internet. But getting to the right answer can be hard! If you’ve ever used Google (or any other search engine) to try to answer a question, you’ve probably… Read more
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