Tenth Grade Science Experiments (Page 54)

Pencil Resistors

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Scientific Method

What do you do with your old wooden pencils when they get too short to hold? Don't throw them away; you can use them to make circuits! This project will show you how to use pencils to make resistors, an important part of many electrical circuits, and test how they affect the brightness of a lightbulb in a simple circuit. Read more

Riding on Air—Build a Real Hovercraft

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Scientific Method

Looking for an exciting new mode of transportation? In this science fair project, you will build a working hovercraft that will glide over surfaces on a cushion of air. And it's simpler to build than you might think! Read more

Rubber Band STEM (Awesome Summer Science Experiments)

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Check in each week at Science Buddies this summer for our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series! Each week, we'll highlight a few activities for awesome science and engineering kids can do at home. We've got a whole summer of fun STEM themes lined up for kids of all ages — for free. This week: awesome summer science experiments with rubber bands! Awesome Rubber Band STEM Rubber bands are fun to stretch and even fun to fling across the room.… Read more

Rubber Bands for Energy

Science Fair Project Idea

Scientific Method

If you have ever been shot with a rubber band then you know it has energy in it, enough energy to smack you in the arm and cause a sting! But just how much energy does a rubber band have? In this experiment you will find out how the stretching of a rubber band affects the amount of energy that springs out of it. Read more

Rubber Bands for Energy

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If you've ever been shot with a rubber band then you know it has energy in it—enough energy to smack you in the arm and cause a sting! But have you ever wondered what the relationship is between a stretched rubber band at rest and the energy it holds? The energy the rubber band has stored is related to the distance the rubber band will fly after being released. So can you guess one way to test how much energy a stretched rubber band contains? Read more

Scrumptious Science: Shaking for Butter

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Have you ever wondered how butter is made? Butter is used in many tasty applications – hot pancakes with butter running down the sides, freshly baked biscuits and pastries with butter, and hot flaky potatoes with melted butter, to name just a few. Yum! While making butter can be hard work, it can also be easily made at home. In this activity you’ll not only get to find out how butter’s made, but also how temperature affects the butter-making process. … Read more

Shed Light on Electric Generators: Do More Coils Generate More Electricity?

Science Fair Project Idea

Scientific Method

The electricity in your home probably comes from a power plant, but did you know that you can actually generate your own electricity? Wondering what it would take to light up a small light? This is your chance! In this electronics science project, you will build your own electric generator and investigate how to light up not just one, but two lights. Read more

Solubility Science: How Much is Too Much?

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Have you ever added a spoon of sugar to your tea and wondered why it disappeared? Where did it go? The sugar did not actually disappear—it changed from its solid form into a dissolved form in a process called chemical dissolution. The result is a tea-sugar mixture in which individual sugar molecules become uniformly distributed in the tea. But what happens if you increase the amount of sugar that you add to your tea? Does it still dissolve? In this science activity, you will find out how… Read more

Summer Science Activities for Independence Day!

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Celebrate 4th of July or summer with hands-on science activities! Five Fun Picks for 4th of July Science! Independence Day celebrations often include colorful nighttime fireworks, noisy parades, and refreshing summer treats. Add a STEM twist to the your summer celebrations with one of these five hands-on science activities: Make a Kazoo: this simple noisemaker will fit right in at a local parade Launching Homemade Baking Soda Rockets: these… Read more

Sun and Solar Science Projects

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Soak up the power of the Sun with science and engineering projects that explore all things solar, including the solar system, solar power and sustainable energy, solar options for cleaning water, the greenhouse effect, and more. Sun and Solar Science Projects and Experiments As the biggest star and largest object in our solar system, there are many astronomy projects students can explore related to the Sun, but there are lots of other sun and solar… Read more

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