Science Experiments

Question: Are there any good ideas for science projects for middle schoolers to do?

Hi! I’m in a science club at my local high school, I’m supposed to supervise children in doing fun Science Experiments, its middle schoolers this month. So what should I do?
These little science projects are supposed to be 1 hour long at maximum. But the most important thing is that it has to be interesting or cool.. whatever way you phrase it.

Answer: Hey, I just did a Science Major and I have heaps of ideas since I did 2 weeks research for projects. Here are a list of the best projects:

1. Effect of electromagnetism (magnetism or electrical fields) on plants. i.e. use magnets with a test plant and none for control and see which one grows better.
2. What depth of seed planting is best for plant growth.
i.e. show which depth seeds should be planted to yield the highest plants.
3. Elasticity of objects at different temperatures.
i.e. Use a rubber band & test.
4. Best detergents.
i.e. Coke is a good detergent in cleaning clothes, try other detergents/chemicals.
5. Energy transformation
i.e. changing of energy types, i.e. kenetic and magnetic to movement (that is how a battery works.)

Those are the good experiments. Remember don’t ever try and look for complicated experiment ideas, instead find ones that you can do realistically and a thorough report on even if it is simple and one that you can record much results on. For instance plant growth.

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