| There will come a time in every student's life when | | | | paper to make a chart to record your results. |
| they have to do school science experiments. Usually | | | | Once you have gathered your materials and |
| from about grade six and up kids will be asked to | | | | volunteers, you can blow up a handful of balloons and |
| compete in school science fairs. This is a very exciting | | | | give one to each of your volunteers. Try to find |
| time for many students and they take great pride in | | | | volunteers with brown, black, blonde, and red hair so |
| their work, especially when they win. There are | | | | you have different degrees to test. Test your |
| numerous ideas for projects, and you should have no | | | | volunteers one at a time, rub the balloon on their hair |
| problem coming up with an original experiment to do. | | | | vigorously for about fifteen seconds. Next, start the |
| All you need to do is to think of an idea that interests | | | | timer as you let go, and stop the timer when the |
| you and you will be off to a great start. | | | | balloon falls of their head. Test your other volunteers |
| Interesting ideas for school science experiments can | | | | the same way and record all your findings in your |
| include finding out if the color of hair affects how much | | | | chart. Did the balloon stick longer to the people with |
| static electricity it can carry. For this experiment you | | | | red, blonde, brown, or black hair? Try it with brunettes |
| will need some balloons, a few volunteers each with a | | | | or people who have dyed their hair. |
| different hair color, and a timer. Gather a pen and | | | | |