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ok so my little cousin whos in a public school is having a 6th grade science fair coming up she really doesn't know what to do for her experiment and shes asked me but i have no clue because i don't go to a public school so i'm asking any of you if you know a good 6th grade science fair project not too easy but not too hard just right for a 6th grader or if you don't have any ideas for me so i can tell her then do you know any online books or things that have ideas for a science fair project?thanks

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try to find something that interests her, it can be almost anything! When I was in school (a long long time ago - haha) someone actually did a science fair project on what types of music plants like - they measured how tall the plants grew over time to different types of music.

Just make sure you start with a "hypothesis" - or what you think will happen. Then test your theory by setting up your experiment. Collect your data (or information) and put it all together to form a "conclusion".

Some ideas could be:
pH of different sources of water (tap, river or creek, filtered, bottled, etc.) You would just need the pH strips and to do some basic internet research on water characteristics
This could also be set up at the fair, with "hands-on" things to do. Judges get into that.

Something to do with the environment? Soil testing (I'm not an expert at this), or something like that?

Maybe a CSI themed experiment - fingerprinting, DNA sampling, something - I'm trying not to get too difficult for her.

Something I do at work for kids is called "chromatography". There are some simple experiments you can do with that with coffee filters, water and sharpie markers, to separate the colors present in a black marker. Check the link out - you'll read about 1/2 way down and it will describe it better.

Try those ideas. Hope that helps!

Volcano model is an old favorite.

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Hmmm.let's see.when I was in 6th grade I did a project about viscosity (the property of a fluid that resists the force tending to cause the fluid to flow). I picked 5-6 "thicker" liquids (i.e., dish washing soap, olive oil, etc.) and put them into test tubes. Then I dropped a small fishing weight in each and recorded how long it took the weight to sink to the bottom. Next I heated the liquids and dropped the weight again to see if it would sink faster or slower than in the room temp. liquids. It was easy to put together and record..and it ended up winning an award. :) Hope this helps.

paper mache volcano thats what i did same with me i am in 6th and go to public school you could paint it and get dirt and rocks and maybe grass to add to it any more questions e-mail me lil_lyssa_95@yahoo.com

p.s. good luck

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