| Summer vacation can be filled with days of boredom | | | | types, and your child can make boats from milk |
| for elementary-age children. Parents struggle to find | | | | cartons with each type of hull, testing for each factor. |
| activities which fill time, and, if on a budget, do not | | | | Nothing like a cheap and easy science fair project! |
| involve large expense. Planning several cool science | | | | 3. Which type of swimming bird feet are the |
| projects can serve a dual purpose - keeping a child's | | | | speediest? Which type allows the most |
| mind busy and active and possibly discovering an | | | | maneuverability? This is a quick and easy science fair |
| award winning science project that can be used next | | | | project for a swimmer! Purchasing three pair of swim |
| school year, when a busy family can dread the coming | | | | fins and then cutting them into three different shapes is |
| science fair projects season. | | | | all you need for supplies. Let your swimmer come up |
| For elementary students, here are a few simple ideas | | | | with the variables for which he or she tests and, |
| that are low cost and enjoyable but, as well, could turn | | | | perhaps, have a winning science fair project! |
| into super science fair projects. | | | | 5. How about parachutes from black trash bags? |
| 1. Which shape of kite will fly best? For this project, | | | | Which shape, size, or string type is best? Change the |
| some research on the shapes and sizes will be | | | | materials used and test again. This would be an |
| necessary, either at the library or on the Internet. It will | | | | awesome science project for two friends to complete |
| be important that the materials remain the same, only | | | | together. |
| the shape changing. Other variations of this project | | | | Prize winning science fair projects are often those that |
| could also include materials used, size of kite, different | | | | require far less expense than one would think. Planning |
| wind velocities, etc. The possibilities are endless. | | | | and implementing elementary science fair projects |
| 2. Which type of boat hull has the greatest stability or | | | | during the summer can give the entire family a head |
| buoyancy? Which can carry the most weight or glide | | | | start when the school year begins. |
| the farthest? Again, there are about six different hull | | | | |