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Elementary
Projects (Grades 4 - 6)
DISPLAY AND EXPERIMENTAL
Included are sample topics for making models or conducting demonstrations.
These should be level 3 projects. Some personal input is needed to avoid
just a display project.
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A Bell System
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History of Shells
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A Chemical Change
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Types of Fuels
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A Crystal Radio Set
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Heat can Produce Electricity
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Action of a Solenoid
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Fire Must Have Air to Burn
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A Door Chime
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How Electricity is Made
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Air Currents
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Climate
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An Electronic Map of Canada
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Electric Eye
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Weaving and Sewing Techniques
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ElectroMagnetism
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A Projector
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Fluorescent Lights
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Measuring the Ocean Depths
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Functions of a Camera
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Measuring Outer Space
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Glass and its Uses
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Model Airplanes
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How to Develop a Picture
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Molding
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How Traffic Signals Work
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Most Liquid contain either Acid or Alkali
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Inside a Cave
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Manufacturing Machinery
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Operation of a Doorbell
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Mercury
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Parts of an Electric Motor
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Minerals: Origin, Distribution
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The Arc Light
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A string Pump in action
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Our Community Planning
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A Weather Station
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Our Solar System
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A Cotton Gin
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Phases of the Moon
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A Wheat Elevator
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Printing and its value to Man
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Cross Section of a volcano
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Salt and its Uses
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Cross Section of an Oil Well
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Weather and Man
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Cross Section of the Earth
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Simple Machines
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Distillation of Water
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Sound
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Power & Food From the Sea
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Sulfur
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An ElectroMagnetic
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Fingerprinting
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Expansion and Contracting Of Liquids
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The Telegraph Key
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Man's Natural Resources
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Which Metals Conduct Heat?
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Rotation of Planets
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The Telephone
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Sending Messages by Electricity
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Train Signal
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Light
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Water finds its own level
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Snowflakes
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Water Supports Heavy Weights
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Space Travel is Coming
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An Electromagnetic Crane
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Space Problems in Gravity
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Machines and Tools
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Steam Propulsion
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Parts of a SailBoat
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Steam Turbines
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Parts of a Windmill
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The Fulcrum and the Lever
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Polar Constellations
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The Planets
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Principles of a Transformer
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Water is Compound of Hydrogen & Oxygen
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Products of Oil
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Jet Propulsion, Natural and Man-Made
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Working Principles of a Gasoline Engine
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The Quartz Family
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Working of a Telegraph
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A Reed Basket
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Workings of a Television
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Camera
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Workings of an Irrigation Pump
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Air Pressure in a Mercury Barometer
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Machines Made Work Easier
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Astronomy
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Birth of a Balloon
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The Blinker Light
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Causes of the Seasons
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Bulbs in Series and Parallel
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The Climate of your own Home
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Chemurgy
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Chlorophyll
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Canals and Locks
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Contour Mapping
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Using a Compass
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Weather Instruments -ForeCasting
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Minerals
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How Accurate are Homemade Weather Instruments?
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Water Cycle
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Rocks
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How Hard are Various Types of Rocks and Minerals?
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Mining - coal, iron ore, etc.
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Petroleum and Oil
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Erosion - What causes erosion? - How can soil erosion be prevented?
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Air Pollution - causes and cleanup
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Water Pollution
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Forces changing the Earth's Surface
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Precipitation
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Water Filtration
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The City of the Future
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A Study of a Stream
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The River
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Topographic Mapping
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Tides
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EarthQuakes and Associated measuring devices Hurricanes
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Collect and Identify minerals and rocks exposed in local area.
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Floods
GRADES 4-6 EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
ELECTRICITY
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-demonstration of principals; how is current affected by type of conductor,temperature,filament,etc.
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-compare electromagnets for strength, wires for conductivity.
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-principles of fluorescent lights; how do they compare with filament bulbs,
in effectiveness and cost.
PHYSICS
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-How metals compare in conducting heat.
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-How metals compare in density and buoyancy
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-Efficiency of different types of steam engines
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-How does the amount of oxygen affect the rate of burning?
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-Does Temperature affect Solubility?
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-Are some substances more soluble than others
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-How do Aeorplanes fly? What is the best wing shape?
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-How do waves carry energy
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-How do magnets work? How are they made?
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-Compare densities of different gases
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-How Light is Affected passing through water e.g. viewing objects under
water, formation of rainbows.
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-What limits the speed of a boat, a truck transport.
CHEMISTRY
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-Chemical Change and the factors that affect the rate such as heat. light
and catalysts
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-Acid and basic solutions, how are they produced, how can they be modified;
practical considerations in soil, lakes, food; acid or basic solutions
around the house.
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-Factors affecting the making of glass.
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-The effects of salts on the freezing point of water and other liquids.
METEOROLOGY
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Day Length - record length of days and nights over a period of time; what
effects do the changes have on things like household plants, pets, etc.
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Air Movement - Is air in your house the same temperature at floor level
and near the ceiling? How could you spread heat more evenly through the
house?
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Dew & - Does it form on clear or cloudy nights? What other
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Frost factors increase the amount of dew? Can you measure how much dew
is formed in a square meter.
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Temp. - How does the temperature change during the day? What time is usually
the warmest? Can you construct your own thermometer to keep your own records.
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Rain - How does a rain gauge work? Measure the rainfall over a period of
time and compare it with the daily weather reports. - Principles of cloud
seeding and other weather modification.
BIOLOGY
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Insects -personal observations on life cycle, feeding habitats, population,
flies, bees, butterflies.
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Nutrition - plants and fertlilzer
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Studies - how pet mice respond to different types of food (pellets, crushed,
solid) - how do plants get nitrogen
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Plants - why do plants grow towards light? - the effects of gravity on
seed germination - how water moves through the plant - how plants reproduce
and factors that affect the process - why do plants move?
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Soil - the importance of earthworms to soil and plants - the effect of
soil components and organic matter on growth of plants.
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Field Studies - plant and animal life in the school grounds, a creek or
stream, a grassy field, a tree, a home garden, a balanced aquarium, during
winter. - diets of various animals
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