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Question about Make Magnetic Slime activity

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Question about Make Magnetic Slime activity Question about Make Magnetic Slime activity Type your question below and then press Submit! What is the observation in this? ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at: [url=https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/magnetic-slime-recipe]Make Magnetic Slime[/url] Re: Question about Make Magnetic Slime activity Do you have specific questions about this activity? The "What Happened"… Read more

****. Hello - PLEASE HELP.

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****. Hello - PLEASE HELP. ****. Hello - PLEASE HELP. Hello All - Hi guys, thank you for letting me join your group. I had a physics and optics question, I was out on the West Coast of Florida this summer for vacation and we went to the beach . It was a family group of about 10 of us. Keep in mind it was mid summer - super hot and sunny. The water was flat, calm, and very warm. I rented a 2 person kayak, and went out on the water with my son who is 7 years old. We went out on… Read more

Science fair Ideas

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Science fair Ideas Science fair Ideas Hi, For this years science fair, I have a lot of determination to get in to my regional science fair. Last year I did attend, but however did not win any awards since my experiment idea was not very creative as others. This year I was thinking of doing an experiment about the eye and its vision or even anything environmental. I want to create this vision simulation, which others have done in the past, but want to create and maybe discover something… Read more

BPA Calibration Curve

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BPA Calibration Curve BPA Calibration Curve Hello, For my science project I am trying to find how the concentration of BPA in water is affected by the amount of time it spends inside of a plastic water bottle. I am aware that to do this I would have to create a calibration curve using different concentrations of BPA, but I do not know where I would buy it and how I would dilute it. Could you provide a few links to reputable sites where I could buy it for this project, and explain how I would… Read more

Arduino question for artficial pancreas diabetes project

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Arduino question for artficial pancreas diabetes project Arduino question for artficial pancreas diabetes project Hi! We are 2 students in garde 10 looking for help for our "Dealing with Diabetes: The Road to Developing an Artificial Pancreas" project. We are having trouble coding with our arduino, more specifically how to get numbers on the pump calibration. We've set everything up including putting on pancreas model in the water and we are getting signals from the arduino however we are… Read more

Question about Build a Paper Airplane Launcher activity

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Question about Build a Paper Airplane Launcher activity Question about Build a Paper Airplane Launcher activity Hi, I'm wanting to introduce the Paper Airplane Launcher activity but not sure what kind of paper we use. Do we use cardstock, construction, or regular printer paper for this activity? ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at: [url=https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/paper-airplane-launcher]Build a Paper… Read more

Iodine to Iodide

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Iodine to Iodide Iodine to Iodide Hi! I am doing the Presto! From Black to Clear with the Magic of Photochemistry, and am wondering in this experiment how the iodine turns to iodide! HI, I am doing the black to clear with photochemistry project, and the solution is not changing color under the light and I am looking for possible answers. I am using tap water instead of distilled water. I am trying to get the solution to change from the iodine color to clear under light and depending on the… Read more

Finding natural beach sand in Colorado

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Finding natural beach sand in Colorado Finding natural beach sand in Colorado I live in a landlocked state but am doing a project that needs natural beach sand. What is the best way to recreate or find that sand? Due date in October 30th so I need it fast. Thank you! Re: Finding natural beach sand in Colorado Doing a project about sand without access to sand sounds difficult. A lot depends on your project..... especially since you say you need "natural beach sand." If you can't get… Read more

Please answer all questions on the forums

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Please answer all questions on the forums Please answer all questions on the forums Some questions in this forum are getting skipped over or ignored. I have been waiting for a reply to my question for quite a while. I saw some people get their questions answered within 2-4 days. Re: Please answer all questions on the forums I am sorry that your question has not been answered. The Experts who help in the forums don't all help with the same types of questions. I can tell you that Experts… Read more

How can I upgrade my project?

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How can I upgrade my project? How can I upgrade my project? I want to make an anemometer, but I feel like it would be sort of pointless to just make one and demonstrate it. How can I take it up a few notches? Should I test wind resistance? Charting the previous wind speeds with the anemometer? The project is due in 2 weeks, so I have some time, but I'll need to okay the rough sketch with my teacher first. Please help! [Administrator note: Project link:… Read more

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