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Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
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Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.
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Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
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Text on Screen vs. Type on Paper: Which is Easier to Remember?
This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
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Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.
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Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
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Do Screen and Text Color Affect Retention?
This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Does Singing Help Us Retain Information?
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Does Singing Help Us Retain Information?
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.
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Does Singing Help Us Retain Information?
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Does Singing Help Us Retain Information?
Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
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Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
Third Grade
Physical Science
Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.
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Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
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Mental Mix Up: Experimenting with Your Ability to Focus
Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
Third Grade
Physical Science
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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How Much Radiation is in Your House?
How Much Radiation is in Your House?
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How Much Radiation is in Your House?
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?
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How Much Radiation is in Your House?
How Much Radiation is in Your House?
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How Much Radiation is in Your House?
This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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LEGO Marble Maze
LEGO Marble Maze
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LEGO Marble Maze
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.
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LEGO Marble Maze
LEGO Marble Maze
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LEGO Marble Maze
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Improve the School
Design Challenge: Improve the School
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Design Challenge: Improve the School
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”
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Design Challenge: Improve the School
Design Challenge: Improve the School
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Design Challenge: Improve the School
In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Talking to Plants
Talking to Plants
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Talking to Plants
Third Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.
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Talking to Plants
Talking to Plants
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Talking to Plants
This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Angle of Heat
Angle of Heat
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Angle of Heat
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Science fair project which compares the rate of temperature change and the maximum temperature as a result of the angle of light radiation.
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Angle of Heat
Angle of Heat
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Angle of Heat
Science fair project which compares the rate of temperature change and the maximum temperature as a result of the angle of light radiation.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
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Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.
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Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
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Exploring Erosion, Sediments and Jetties
In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Flat Earth? Not Really!
Flat Earth? Not Really!
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Flat Earth? Not Really!
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.
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Flat Earth? Not Really!
Flat Earth? Not Really!
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Flat Earth? Not Really!
Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Preservatives in Food
Preservatives in Food
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Preservatives in Food
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.
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Preservatives in Food
Preservatives in Food
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Preservatives in Food
Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Wacky Windmill Challenge
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Windmills have been around for generations to grind food and create energy. During this challenge, students will use various materials and put their engineering skills to work by creating their own windmills.
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Wacky Windmill Challenge
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Windmills have been around for generations to grind food and create energy. During this challenge, students will use various materials and put their engineering skills to work by creating their own windmills.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Design Challenge: Egg Drop
Design Challenge: Egg Drop
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Design Challenge: Egg Drop
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.
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Design Challenge: Egg Drop
Design Challenge: Egg Drop
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Design Challenge: Egg Drop
In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Helium Rising
Helium Rising
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Helium Rising
Fifth Grade
Measurement
Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.
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Helium Rising
Helium Rising
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Helium Rising
Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.
Fifth Grade
Measurement
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Heat from Light Bulbs
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Heat from Light Bulbs
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This light bulb science project includes step-by-step instructions for testing the heat from different light bulbs.
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Heat from Light Bulbs
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Heat from Light Bulbs
This light bulb science project includes step-by-step instructions for testing the heat from different light bulbs.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
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Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project uses science and art to help students learn and teach others about Earth's endangered and extinct species.
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Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
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Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
This project uses science and art to help students learn and teach others about Earth's endangered and extinct species.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine
In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Mnemonics
Mnemonics
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Mnemonics
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project, a mnemonic is used to test how it increases memory.
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Mnemonics
Mnemonics
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Mnemonics
In this project, a mnemonic is used to test how it increases memory.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Soap Science
Soap Science
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Soap Science
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair idea project identifies the active ingredients in soap and experiments with the properties of soap.
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Soap Science
Soap Science
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Soap Science
This science fair idea project identifies the active ingredients in soap and experiments with the properties of soap.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Code a Character
Code a Character
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Code a Character
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will learn to create an animated character using the education coding app ScratchJr.
Lesson Plan
Code a Character
Code a Character
Lesson Plan
Code a Character
In this lesson, students will learn to create an animated character using the education coding app ScratchJr.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Starting a Fire
Starting a Fire
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Starting a Fire
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.
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Starting a Fire
Starting a Fire
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Starting a Fire
Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Changing the Period of a Pendulum
Changing the Period of a Pendulum
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Changing the Period of a Pendulum
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.
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Changing the Period of a Pendulum
Changing the Period of a Pendulum
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Changing the Period of a Pendulum
Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Why do ants like sugar? Do ants like artificial sweeteners too? Kids find out with this great inquiry-based science fair project.
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
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Why do Ants Like Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners?
Why do ants like sugar? Do ants like artificial sweeteners too? Kids find out with this great inquiry-based science fair project.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
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Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!
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Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
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Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots
What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What Is Animation?
What Is Animation?
Lesson Plan
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What Is Animation?
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this lesson, students will learn to program an animated figure using ScratchJr.
Lesson Plan
What Is Animation?
What Is Animation?
Lesson Plan
What Is Animation?
In this lesson, students will learn to program an animated figure using ScratchJr.
Fourth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
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Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.
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Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
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Hot Desert Plant Adaptations
Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Grass Turning Yellow: Chlorosis
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Grass Turning Yellow: Chlorosis
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Here is a cool and easy science project to determine the rate of chlorophyll breaks down and how it affects the color change of grass from green to yellow.
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Grass Turning Yellow: Chlorosis
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Grass Turning Yellow: Chlorosis
Here is a cool and easy science project to determine the rate of chlorophyll breaks down and how it affects the color change of grass from green to yellow.
Fifth Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Mirrors and Reflection of Light
Mirrors and Reflection of Light
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Mirrors and Reflection of Light
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.
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Mirrors and Reflection of Light
Mirrors and Reflection of Light
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Mirrors and Reflection of Light
This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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