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Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity

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Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity Type your question below and then press Submit! what are the slow and rapid changes to it and dose it have force and motion elements and dose it have a citcuit ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at: [url=https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/solar-oven]Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven[/url] Read more

Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity

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Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity Question about Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven activity Type your question below and then press Submit! what are the slow and rapid changes to it and dose it have force and motion elements ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at: [url=https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/solar-oven]Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven[/url] Read more

Science Project Help - Water Purification

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Science Project Help - Water Purification Science Project Help - Water Purification Hi, This year I've been wanting to do my project on water purification and how water can be reused sustainably. My first idea was how extra weight on a skateboard can affect its speed, but I think it's too basic? For ideas I've been thinking of maybe seeing how to reuse water that you wash dishes with or collecting moisture from showers, or just in general an easier way to purify water. The thing is, I need… Read more

Purpose of Standard tests

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Purpose of Standard tests Purpose of Standard tests In this experiment, https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/GreenChem_p008/green-chemistry/sunscreen-water-solubility what is the purpose of the standard testings of all the suncreens. How can I compare that to the one that was on the human? Read more

Microbial Fuel Cell Project

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Microbial Fuel Cell Project Microbial Fuel Cell Project Hey, I am making a microbial fuel cell for my school science project. I am planning on making two of them, one with the kit from Home Science Tools and one from scratch. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this project as I am fairly new. Is it possible for me to charge a device like a phone even if its just a tiny bit? I just want the charging symbol to pop up on my phone when I connect it if that's even possible. I read… Read more

Gas to rust: measuring the content of air

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Gas to rust: measuring the content of air Gas to rust: measuring the content of air I am performing the gas to rust: measuring the content of oxygen in air experiment but I do not understand the formula and how to analyze my results Read more

Help With ISEF Project Presentation

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Help With ISEF Project Presentation Help With ISEF Project Presentation Hi everyone, I'm a freshman in high school and I just got qualified for ISEF. What are some tips for the 7-min presentation with the judges? Thanks! Re: Help With ISEF Project Presentation Congratulations on your science fair project going to ISEF. What is your project on? You may find this resource helpful:… Read more

Disinfectant / Bacteria project problem

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Disinfectant / Bacteria project problem Disinfectant / Bacteria project problem Posted on behalf of student ------------------------------------------ I am using the bacteria growing kit and was doing the disinfectants experiment. (https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/MicroBio_p012/microbiology/how-well-do-disinfectants-work) I used plastic cups as my fomite (rather than the cutting board) and used water as my control group. I have the plates on cookie sheet… Read more

Science Buddies Build a Simple Drone and Test How Much It Can Lift

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Science Buddies Build a Simple Drone and Test How Much It Can Lift Science Buddies Build a Simple Drone and Test How Much It Can Lift My 10-year-old son is working on a science fair project from Science Buddies called "Build a Simple Drone and Test How Much It Can Lift." We purchased the drone kit (made of popsicle sticks) from Home Science Tools. We followed the directions precisely. We got all the propellers to spin in the correct direction. It is still too heavy to lift. We tried… Read more

Question about Generate Electricity with a Lemon Battery activity

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Question about Generate Electricity with a Lemon Battery activity Question about Generate Electricity with a Lemon Battery activity On the lemon energy experiment is there a way that I can measure that amount of electricity and then compare it with the electricity from other fruits and vegetables? Or just something I could measure. ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at:… Read more

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