Fun Science Projects

Fun science projects are science projects that are both exciting and entertaining. In order for the project to be a fun science project, the project must continue to hold your interest. The project must be interesting enough so that you don’t loose interest after a month or longer.

The following are descriptions of fun science projects; one of them may suggest a topic of interest to you.

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Determine whether home field advantage for selected sports’ games is statistically significant.
Science projects, which apply tests for statistical significance, require background research in statistical inference.

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Poll a random sample of the population regarding political issues and record differences over time.
Science projects, which collect data from sample populations, require background research in both statistical sampling theory and statistical inference.

Chemistry
Analyze the effect of washing on flame retardant materials.

Microbiology
Determine the weakest solution of bleach needed to kill several a variety of microorganisms.

Physics
Determine the effect of temperature on the strength of magnets.

Botany
Determine whether mushrooms grown in light will grow faster than mushrooms grown in darkness.

Physics
Determine the amount of energy that each of several types of nuts contains.
The amount of energy is determined by immersing burned nuts into a container of water and measuring the increase in the temperature of the water.

Botany
Determine whether healthy plants will be able to grow in sterile soil.

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Determine the effect of martial arts training on aggressiveness in young boys and adolescents.

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Identify the factors that result in inaccuracies during eyewitness accounts.
This fun science project begins with the researching of judicial and police records, followed by the analysis of the collected data.

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