| Don't look now, but it's science fair time - time to | | | | This wildly fun project is so cool you'll do it over again |
| search for those fun science projects...that also have | | | | for the sheer fascination of it! Soak a raw egg in |
| to be educational. They're not easy to find, but they do | | | | vinegar, and the shell will come off. The egg |
| exist. Here are some wildly fun science projects. | | | | membrane is so tough that the shell-less egg will |
| Some of these are so cool that you'll do them later | | | | bounce!o Show how yeast gives of gas. Place a |
| just for the fun of it! | | | | yeast and sugar solution into a bottle, put a balloon on |
| Finding a fun science project isn't impossible. Whether | | | | top, and watch the yeast have so much gas that the |
| you're looking for an experiment or a demonstration, | | | | balloon blows up!o Watch static electricity work. Grab |
| there are some great ideas that don't cost a lot, are | | | | your wool socks, make a little piece of aluminum foil |
| easy to do, and will teach your child basic scientific | | | | bounce between your finger and a pie plate.o Use toy |
| practices. We have four sons, and over the years | | | | cars to find out about friction! Set up a hot wheels |
| we've done more projects than we can count. Here | | | | track, and find out how far they will roll across different |
| are some of our boys' favorites:o Find out which citrus | | | | floor surfaces.o Are two ears better than one? Hide a |
| fruit has the most Vitamin C? Make a solution with | | | | ticking clock in a room, and send your friends in to find |
| iodine and starch (it's EASY to do!), and test different | | | | it - half using both ears, and half with one ear blocked |
| kinds of citrus juices to see which contains the most | | | | with a cotton ball. (Birthday party idea?! |
| vitamin C.o Take the shell of an egg - without boiling it. | | | | |