Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I am in 8th grade. I am searching for a topic for the science fair. I cannot do a project on animals. and plants would be hard to grow during the winter, which takes up most for this project. Which topic do you think that I should choose for the science fair? this form is due by friday!! plz!!!

Hello,

If speed is an important factor for you and you want to do a project involving living creatures, perhaps you should consider a project involving fast-growing organisms such as bacteria. They're easily cultured, go through multiple generations every day, and you can grow bazillions of them in a small space. All these traits make them excellent model organisms for scientific studies! There are many example microbiology projects described on the sciencebuddies resource pages, which would be a good place to visit to help get your curiosity and creativity going to figure out what question you want to study. Good luck!

-Will

well, I just found out, my parents would allow animals. so, I decided to do one on turtles. I am gonna get two red-eared sliders for my project. wht are some good topics involving turtles. PLZ!! PS- rules say, you cannot use bacteria!!! sorry

Hi,

I think that red-eared sliders are great animals to test in a science project. I found a very good study you can test on your turtles. I will paste the link later on in this post. The study is basically testing the turtle's ability to touch and how it responds to different objects. What you can do is gently touch the front of the turtle with a toothpick and watch how the red-eared slider responds. Then touch the back of the turtle and see if its response is different. You can also use other materials, such as your finger, to touch the turtle and then observe the turtle's response each time you touch it. I do advise that you touch the turtle very gently with any object you use. Below you can find the link to this study and another link that has a list of other great science topics.

Touch Response Study: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... w&from=TSW
List of other topics: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... php?ia=Zoo

This should help you start your project and let me know if you have any more questions. Good luck!

Cheers, Jon