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Science Buddies: Which Animals Have Genome Projects?

For Students 3rd - 5th
All animals have a genome, but do they all have genome projects? Find out which animals are currently having their genomes sequenced and how much we know already by performing some simple bioinformatics data digging.
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Science Buddies: Puppy Proportions: Growth Spurts & Weight Gain in a Dog

For Students 3rd - 8th
Puppies prove to be a fun and useful aid in this adorable experiment! By having access to, and measuring a puppy's body dimensions over a period of weeks or months, you can discover if segments of canine anatomy develop at different...
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Science Buddies: Strength in Numbers?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ever try to tear a telephone book in half? Even though you can easily rip one or a few pages to shreds, the entire phone book has strength in numbers and holds together. This project is an introduction to measuring and comparing the...
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Science Buddies: Testing Sunscreen Effectiveness

For Students 3rd - 8th
The goal of this project is to measure the effectiveness of different sunscreen products for blocking ultraviolet-A (UVB) and ultraviolet-B (UVB) rays from sunlight. This project shows you how to use a UV detector to measure rays of light.
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Science Buddies: Slinking Slinkies

For Students 3rd - 5th
Want to do a project with a toy your parents, or even grandparents, might have played with? Slinkies are fun toys that also make great science fair projects. In this experiment you can build an inclined plane to compare the walking speed...
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Science Buddies: Frequency of Outcomes in a Small Number of Trials

For Students 3rd - 8th
People often draw conclusions from a small number of observations, but how easy is it to draw the wrong conclusion? Here is a simple project that shows the importance of making enough observations before making a prediction.
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Science Buddies: The Birthday Paradox

For Students 3rd - 8th
This project shows how mathematical probability sometimes contradicts our intuition. Despite the fact that there are 365 days in a year, if you survey a random group of just 23 people there is a 50:50 chance that two of them will have...
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Science Buddies: Rise to the Occasion: Investigating Yeast Fermentation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you ever wonder how yeast makes bread dough rise? This project will show you what yeast does to make this happen. You'll also investigate the conditions yeast needs to grow.
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Science Buddies: Divide and Conquer: Proving Pick's Theorem for Lattice Polygons

For Students 4th - 8th
If you like to play Tetris then you might like this project. You'll learn something interesting about the mathematics of complex shapes.
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Science Buddies: How Are Antibodies Used for Blood Typing?

For Students 3rd - 7th
The human immune system has various ways of responding to an infection caused by bacteria or viruses. Our bodies produce proteins (antibodies) that are highly specific for the infectious agent as a part of our "humoral" immune response....
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Science Buddies: Build a Motorboat Powered by Surface Tension

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you look carefully, you could find dozens of similar interesting phenomena that are all linked to the surface tension of water. Here is a project that will help you understand and measure the properties of water surface tension.
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Science Buddies: Now You See It, Now You Don't: A Chromatic Adaptation Project

For Students 3rd - 8th
This project shows that our perceptions can change, even with the stimulus remains the same. A clear color difference in an image disappears after just 20 seconds of looking at another (special) image.
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Science Buddies: What Is Home Sweet Home to a Bug?

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you had to choose between having your favorite dessert, going to a movie, or spending the night at a friend's house, which would you choose? This project shows you how you can "ask" a sowbug (or pill bug) a similar question in order...
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Science Buddies: Understand Shock Levels and Packaging Principles

For Students 3rd - 8th
When you open up your presents on your birthday, you probably don't spend a lot of time admiring the wrapping-you'd much rather see what's inside. It can be the same way with the packaging that products come in, but packaging is...
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Science Buddies: Rock On! Recording Digital Data With Magnets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a straightforward project that shows you how data can be digitized and stored on magnetic recording media. You'll learn how alpha-numeric characters are digitized, and you'll use bar magnets to represent the individual data...
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Science Buddies: Mixing Light to Make Colors

For Students 3rd - 8th
You know how to make new colors by mixing paint or crayons. For example, you get green by mixing yellow and blue, or orange by mixing red and yellow. With paint, blue, yellow, and red are primary colors, which you can use to make other...
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Science Buddies: How Much Weight Can Your Boat Float?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you ever wondered how a ship made of steel can float? In this project you'll investigate how much weight boat hulls of various shapes and sizes can support without sinking.
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Science Buddies: How to Make the Boldest, Brightest Tie Dye!

For Students 3rd - 8th
The clothes you wear are made of fibers that come from many different sources. Some fabrics are made from natural fibers, and some from manufactured or totally synthetic fibers. In this project you'll explore how different fiber types...
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Science Buddies: Which Metal Is the Most Resistant to Corrosion?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's a practical engineering challenge: you need to build an enclosure for your dogs, using material that they can't chew through. It's going to be a lot of work to build, so you want to do it right. What material should you choose for...
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Science Buddies:brain Body Connection: Can Exercise Make Our Brains Work Better?

For Students 3rd - 6th
We all know physical exercise is important to keeping our bodies fit. But how important is physical exercise to your brain? In other words, is there any connection between an active body and increased brain power? This is an easy project...
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Science Buddies: How Does Packaging Affect the Ripening of Fruit?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Why do different types of fruits come packaged in different ways? In this project, you will experiment with different ways of packaging fruit to see if it has an effect on the freshness of the fruit. Will a different kind of packaging...
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Science Buddies: Dog Scents: The Super Nose of Man's Best Friend

For Students 3rd - 8th
Everyone thinks their dog's the best, but in the case of smelling ability, all dogs possess super powers. In fact, a dog's nose can be over a 1,000 times more sensitive than a human's. In this project, learn about smell from a dog's...
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Science Buddies: Make Your Own P H Paper

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this "kitchen chemistry" project about acid/base chemistry, you will measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution using a logarithmic scale called the pH scale. As you learn about the pH scale, you will have the chance to make your...
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Science Buddies: Wave Blockers

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do the radio, TV, radio controlled cars, and cell phones all have in common? They all use invisible waves to transmit information. Find out which materials block radio waves, and which materials allow radio waves to pass through in...

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