What are some easy SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS for EIGHTH grade?

Question

Please don't give me a link.

I've never done one before and I don't even know where to start! The teacher didn't bother explaining because I'm the only new kid who hasn't done one before.

We have to go in with 3 potential topics Monday to be approved by the teacher...So far I have :

- How to make a battery out of potatoes

- What's best to get gum out of clothes

- What paper towels work best

But those are probably not so great...So can you give me some ideas that maybe you did in a Science Fair before? And perhaps something kinda cool...like involving guts or the human heart or whatever but that is just an idea.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Most schools will not allow you to work with human or animal tissues or with pathogens so the guts thing may be out of the question. But... here's a twist on the gum thing. Maybe you could do an experiment on how to best remove blood stains from fabric. (you may have to settle on grass or grease if your school won't let you use blood.) Cut four swatches of t-shirt or pillow case or towel, stain them with a few drops of blood and then, after they dry, try a detergent, a chlorine bleach, an enzyme cleaner and an oxygen type of bleach to get the stains out. Record your process and results and create a nice display.

You could also expand the experiment to include different kinds of stains like grass, grease, wine, etc.

Whatever you choose to do, have fun and focus on the process rather than the outcome.