Web Sites

Here are a few websites to help you with some ideas.
Remember, if you use an idea from a website, be sure you make it your own by changing it up a little (e.g. change a variable, ask a different question).

• mySTEMspace  This website from Youth Science Canada has lots of information about getting started on science fair projects, including important ethics and safety considerations, past projects and more.
• SPARK  STEM project idea generator from Youth Science Canada

• Science Fair Project Ideas   Education.com has assembled a vast collection of science fair project ideas written by science teachers, professional scientists, and educational consultants on popular science fair topics ranging from physics and chemistry to biology and even sociology. They offer free science fair ideas suitable for every grade level.  

• Plastic Bottle Experiments   A set of interesting activities that use plastic bottles, plus a few other household items.

• Science Buddies   Science Buddies provides free science fair project ideas, answers, and tools to teachers, parents, and students.   Science Buddies aspires to improve project quality and increase science fair participation, turning a good learning experience into a great one.

• Sick Science   Steve Spangler has a video collection of interesting science activities. You can use these as idea starters for your own experiment.