SCIENCE EXPERIMENT IDEAS
Stuck on project or experiment ideas?
Here is a list of ideas to get you started.
Ideas for kids and families
- Writing secret letters – click here for instructions (pdf, 683kbs)
- Test the strength of a cobweb – click here for instructions (pdf, 645kbs)
- Experiment with plants – click here for instructions (pdf, 798kbs)
- Making heavy things float – click here for instructions (pdf, 819kbs)
- Using flower petals to test for acids and alkalis – click here for instructions (pdf, 692kbs)
- Building a town with its own lighting – click here for instructions (pdf, 138kbs)
- What grasses, native and introduced, grow in our yard/street/school/town?
See links below for more fabulous ideas and instructions.
Ideas for gardeners
- How much water does a cabbage need to survive, compared to what it needs to thrive?
- What is the relationship between the various weeds in my garden and the season/soil/water availability?
- How much of this (or that) fertilizer is best for this (or that) plant?
- What is the most effective way of managing weed A/B/C?
Ideas for surveys
You could keep records of:
- Insects and spiders in various locations
- Birds in country town parks or on your property
- Night mammals in a patch of bush near you
Ideas for groups
- How many different species of fern are there in the Grampians?
- What is the distribution for a particular plant or animal or mineral in the Grampians?
Ideas for Individuals
- What is the relationship between how much I walk each day and my well being (measured as BP, weight loss or gain, tiredness, mood, etc)?
Ideas for collections
You could make a collection of:
- Weeds in your garden
- Grasses in your area
- Leaf adaptations for reduced water loss
- Seed pods
- Rocks and minerals, organized using the Mohs scale for hardness
- Insects which attack your vegies (an actual collection of these insects would be fair game!)
Ideas for businesses
- How much power can we save over a three month period if we do this (or that)?
- How much paper do we throw out in the course of a week, which could be recycled?
- Is there a relationship between sales of our product/services and the weather?
Or you might like to ..
- Research the life of a scientist
- Ask some ‘why?’ questions and find the answer on the internet
- Write a science fiction story
- Invent something impossible (and check out the impossible things Leonardo da Vinci came up with!)
- Find out more about Dark Matter and start a scrap book on the new Underground Physics Lab in Stawell
- Find out all you can about Climate science.
- Do something we haven’t thought of!
Resources
Here are some links to websites that have even more project ideas and inspiration:
https://www.education.com/science-fair/
https://sciencebob.com/science-fair-ideas/ideas/
http://sciencefair.math.iit.edu/projects/
https://www.thoughtco.com/great-science-fair-ideas-609054
https://education.uw.edu/news/guide-offers-early-childhood-resources-during-schoolprogram-closures
https://www.facebook.com/groups/223969119010263/
Centre for Interactive Learning – cilc.org/community
education.shemaps.com/live in orbit

The Biggest Science Experiment is proud to be part of National Science Week 2020