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Question about Make a Cotton Ball Launcher activity

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Question about Make a Cotton Ball Launcher activity Question about Make a Cotton Ball Launcher activity Type your question below and then press Submit! What is kinetic energy ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at: [url=https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/cotton-ball-launcher]Make a Cotton Ball Launcher[/url] Re: Question about Make a Cotton Ball Launcher activity Hi there! Kinetic energy is the energy of motion.… Read more

Electrolyte Challenge

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Electrolyte Challenge Electrolyte Challenge Posting on behalf of a family -------------------------- My son is doing a similar science project to the "Electrolyte Challenge" (comparing 3 different sports drinks instead of OJ vs Sports Drinks). 1. Could we set up individual "simple conductance sensors" for each beverage to cut out the step to "rinse in distilled water"? 2. What is the purpose of testing/recording electrolytes for distilled and tap water? Project directions:… Read more

Question about Do-It-Yourself DNA activity

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Question about Do-It-Yourself DNA activity Question about Do-It-Yourself DNA activity Type your question below and then press Submit! Hi! im Kelsey, and I am curious about how the DNA portion of this project works!! How can I show my end of DNA at the end. after I use the wooden thing, how do i do the rest of the project! I need answers fast! Thank you, Kelsey ------------------------------------- Leave this to help the Experts: The activity can be viewed at:… Read more

Protein Quantitiation

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Protein Quantitiation Protein Quantitiation Viewing the following attachments how do you answer these questions. Read more

Questions regarding bioinformatics science research project

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Questions regarding bioinformatics science research project Questions regarding bioinformatics science research project Hi! I am currently working on a science research project (to be presented at a science fair, senior division) about how specific genetic alterations may be correlated with type 2 diabetes. This is my first competitive science research experiment, and I'm very confused about how to effectively obtain/interpret the data. I am planning on deriving results through a… Read more

"How do fears change with age?" - Getting Started

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"How do fears change with age?" - Getting Started "How do fears change with age?" - Getting Started My eighth-grade science fair project is "How do fears change with age?" Here's the link from [i]Science Buddies[/i] for my project: [url]https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Soc_p008/sociology/how-do-fears-change-with-age[/url] My questions are below: [b]1) How can I make my project different?[/b] A student from the year before did… Read more

I am working on a project researching DNA mutations in yeast.

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I am working on a project researching DNA mutations in yeast. I am working on a project researching DNA mutations in yeast. Hi all, I think I have finally boiled down what I want my science fair project to be this year but need some help. I am very passionate about skin health and thought I would do a project examining a mutant strand of yeast, which cannot repair its DNA after damage from UV light, and using different types and levels of sunscreen to stop the damage and then compare… Read more

Hypothesis food wrap

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Hypothesis food wrap Hypothesis food wrap I can't find the hypothesis for my question I need it for Monday please help me :| Re: Hypothesis food wrap Hi! What project are you working on? Is it this one (https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/FoodSci_p025/cooking-food-science/how-food-wrappings-affect-spoilage) about apples/food wrappings and spoilage? Read more

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