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We now will start working on our semester project. After much learning, I feel that my students are ready to accept a good challenge and demonstrate any phenomena using a scientific way. Click on the image, you will be redirected to an external link with all the details on how to take your project to a spectaculat ending. **Please REVIEW THE RUBRICS.**

If you don't have an idea yet, not problem! [|Click here] to review many suitable projects. If you have an idea, [|click here] and look for what others have already done on that area.

Most consumer product testing of the "Which is best?" type. This includes comparisons of popcorn, bubblegum, make-up, detergents, cleaning products, and paper towels. || These projects only have scientific validity if the Investigator fully understands the science behind why the product works and applies that understanding to the experiment. While many consumer products are easy to use, the science behind them is often at the level of a graduate student in college. || Effect of colored light on plants || Several people do this project at almost every science fair. You can be more creative! ||
 * Science Project Topics to Avoid || Why ||
 * Any topic that boils down to a simple preference or taste comparison. For example, "Which tastes better: Coke or Pepsi?" || Such experiments don't involve the kinds of numerical measurements we want in a science fair project. They are more of a survey than an experiment. ||
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 * Any topic that requires people to recall things they did in the past. || The data tends to be unreliable. ||
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 * Effect of music or talking on plants || Difficult to measure. ||
 * Effect of running, music, video games, or almost anything on blood pressure || The result is either obvious (the heart beats faster when you run) or difficult to measure with proper controls (the effect of music). ||
 * Effect of color on memory, emotion, mood, taste, strength, etc. || Highly subjective and difficult to measure. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Any topic that requires measurements that will be extremely difficult to make or repeat, given your equipment. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Without measurement, you can't do science. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Graphology or handwriting analysis || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Questionable scientific validity. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Astrology or ESP || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">No scientific validity. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Any topic that requires dangerous, hard to find, expensive, or illegal materials. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Violates the rules of virtually any science school project. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Any topic that requires drugging, pain, or injury to a live vertebrate animal. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Violates the rules of virtually any science school project. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Any topic that creates unacceptable risk (physical or psychological) to a human subject. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Violates the rules of virtually any science school project. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Any topic that involves collection of tissue samples from living humans or vertebrate animals. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #f1fce8;">Violates the rules of virtually any science school project. ||

|| **For a Good Science Fair Project Question, You Should Answer "Yes" to Every Question** || Or, just as good, are you measuring a factor (variable) that is simply present or not present? For example,
 * **What Makes a Good Science Fair Project Question?**
 * Is the topic interesting enough to read about, then work on for the next couple weeks? || Yes / No ||
 * Can you find at least 2 sources of written information on the subject? || Yes / No ||
 * Can you measure changes to the important factors (variables) using a number that represents a quantity such as a count, percentage, length, width, weight, voltage, velocity, energy, time, etc.?
 * Lights **ON** in one trial, then lights **OFF** in another trial,
 * **USE** fertilizer in one trial, then **DON'T USE** fertilizer in another trial. || Yes / No ||
 * Can you design a "fair test" to answer your question? In other words, can you change only one factor (variable) at a time, and control other factors that might influence your experiment, so that they do not interfere? || Yes / No ||
 * Is your experiment safe to perform? || Yes / No ||
 * Do you have all the materials and equipment you need for your science fair project, or will you be able to obtain them quickly and at a very low cost? || Yes / No ||
 * Do you have enough time to do your experiment more than once before the project is due? || Yes / No ||
 * Does your science project meet all the rules and requirements ? || Yes / No ||
 * Have you checked to see if your science project will require SRC (Scientific Review Committee) approval? || Yes / No ||
 * Have you avoided the bad science project topic areas listed in the table above? || Yes / No ||