| The fourth grade is usually a transitional period in your | | | | 3. Use the glass stirring rod and stir until all the |
| child's education. Your children are not in the lower | | | | chemicals dissolve in the water. |
| grades anymore. They are expected to do more | | | | 4. Keep adding one half teaspoons of the chemicals to |
| when it comes to school work. There are higher | | | | the beaker. Stir using the rod. When the chemicals |
| standards are expected to hold when it comes to | | | | stop dissolving in the beaker and begins to build up on |
| science projects for 4th grade. The static electricity | | | | the bottom, it is time to stop. You now have your |
| and balloon project might just be too childish for you | | | | solution ready. |
| growing child. The teachers will be expecting more. | | | | 5. Take the blank sheet of white paper. Dip your glass |
| Luckily, 4th grade science projects are actually not that | | | | stirring rod into your solution. This solution is now your |
| difficult to do. With your help, you and your child can | | | | "ink." Draw! Draw any design you want on your paper. |
| successfully create an excellent project for the fair. | | | | Don't be afraid to overuse. Make sure your lines are |
| Here is one of many science projects for 4th grade: | | | | thick with solution. |
| Materials You Need | | | | 6. Using a camera, take a picture of your paper, still |
| 1. spoon | | | | wet from your sketching. |
| 2. blank sheet of white paper | | | | 7. Let the paper dry a bit. |
| 3. pencil | | | | 8. Before the lines of the solution disappear, take the |
| 4. matches (Be careful, you might want to help your | | | | pencil and mark an area of the drawing. |
| child handle these.) | | | | 9. Now it is time to record our results. Have someone |
| 5. beaker | | | | start the video recorder. Focus it on the drawing. |
| 6. glass | | | | 10. Take a glass and fill it up with water. Have an adult |
| 7. glass stirring rod | | | | strike a match. Hand the glowing tip to the child. Get |
| 8. potassium or sodium nitrate (you can buy this | | | | ready! |
| chemical from science companies) | | | | 11. Have the child touch the spot on the paper that was |
| 9. Camera or video recorder | | | | marked with the pencil. |
| Procedure (instructions) | | | | 12. Film what happens! Take pictures. Get before and |
| 1. Take the glass beaker and pour one cup of water | | | | after shots of the paper to put on the science project |
| into it. | | | | board. |
| 2. Take the potassium or sodium nitrate. Measure out | | | | 13. Done! You have just finished one of the science |
| about one half of a teaspoon. Pour it into the beaker. | | | | projects for 4th grade. |