

![]() | Do white candles burn faster than colored candles? My topic was about burning candles. I wanted to find out what color candle would burn the fastest. My hypothesis stated that, if I burned five candles, one red, one white, one yellow, one purple, and one blue, then the white one would burn the fastest.
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![]() | What are some characteristics of fat? ![]() The fats people eat can come from either plants or animals. Fats from plants and animals are similar in some ways but different in others. In the activity below, you can do some simple experiments to learn some fat facts! | ||
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![]() | How do oil spills affect marine life? ![]() To demonstrate what happens in an oil spill, fill a glass bottle two-thirds full of water. Add blue food coloring to make the "ocean." | ||
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![]() | Do detergents affect plant growth? Plants grow by using water and the sun to make food. We are trying to find out if different types of detergents will affect the growth on a plant. This experiment, if done properly, will give us the answers we're looking for.
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![]() | What type of car anti-freeze is the most environment friendly? ![]() The purpose of this experiment was to determine which automobile anti-freeze is most biologically safe. | ||
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![]() | What is the greenhouse effect and how can we demonstrate it? This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect. Students can see for themselves the effects of a greenhouse, and relate this understanding to what occurs in our atmosphere. | ||
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![]() | Do peanuts contain enough energy for heating water? How do you measure this energy? ![]() Just about everything has potential energy stored in it. The problem is releasing that energy to be able to do some work.A tiny peanut contains stored chemical energy. When we eat them, the stored energy is converted by our bodies so we can do work. We can also use the energy in a peanut to heat a container of water. | ||
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![]() | Do different brands of popcorn leave different amounts of unpopped kernels? Do different brands of popcorn leave different amounts of unpopped kernels? | ||
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![]() | What percentage of an orange is water? ![]() Since there is a lot of liquid juice in an orange, our hypothesis states that there will be 50% or more water in an orange. | ||
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![]() | How are roads and pavements made? Can you simulate this using chocolate? ![]() I wanted to develop a hands-on activity related to my field of interest -- civil engineering with an emphasis in pavement and materials. Asphalt cookies were the perfect solution. Asphalt cookies are chocolate no-bake cookies. The process of making these cookies parallels the procedures used to produce asphalt pavements. | ||
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