Soap science fair project

Suggested by Andrea Beaty, author of Rosie Revere Engineer and ONE GIRL [Abrams 2017]. www.andreabeaty.com

By fifth grade, children are expected to take on greater responsibility in designing and conducting science experiments independently. Such activities spark children's curiosity while simultaneously fuelling a desire for education. Put your student's engineering skills to the test with this engaging experiment using clothespins and wood craft sticks to construct airplanes - as well as

Well we wrap up the science fair with a fun experiment! Even though it drives my kids nuts I have them do something that is not the normal for science fair time. Caden actually was pretty excited with this one and his face was priceless when he pulled the winning soap out of the microwave. This experiment took the least amount of time of all the ones we've done over the years but was so much fun!! What you Need: Different types of Soap Plate Knife Microwave Tri Board Card Stock (Whatever…

For school child #1 has to do a science fair type project, her teacher told me that since the students have to do this they might as will enter it into the school’s Science Fair, so we are. A few months ago I found this on Pinterest and we tried it at home and the kids LOVED it so much. So when I heard #1 had to do a science project I wondered what other soaps puff up when you put them in the microwave, I asked #1 if she wanted to do this with other soap and she was all over it. Here are our…

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This is the question Grace chose to ask for her science fair. Yes, those are colored on painted nails. What can I say, I'm raising girls. :) Since it is so relevant to keeping us healthy, lots of people have been interested in her results so I thought I'd share what our little scientist studied incase you want to replicate it in your own academic setting. To do the project we ordered petri dishes with pre-poured agar off Amazon. One dish was opened to air for 10 seconds and immediately…

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