13. GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS FOR ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

To illustrate the thousands of interesting projects that can be done with great success by even the youngest students in grade school, two sample lists are reproduced here. The first is a list of science fair projects prepared by the Texas Pan­handle Science Fair, Amarillo, Texas.

Primary, Grades 1-3, Group Exhibits Only

Physical Sciences
AC Voltage Generation
A Shadow Box to Show Con­stellations
A Simple Windlass
Chemistry   Magic   and   Test for Nitrogen
Chemistry of Ceramics
Clay Modeling
Flow of Electricity
How Light Is Reflected and
Bent
How Much Water Is in the
Air?
Phases of the Moon
Rocks of the United States Steam Turbines
Water Has Energy Because It
Has Depth
What You Can See with a
Microscope
Evaporation and Rain
How Does the Airport Work?
How Plastics Are Made How Static Electricity Affects Paper
Importance of Iron and Steel Simple Machines That Work for Us
Sources of Clothing
Spring  Constellations
What Makes an Airplane Move?
The Story of Cotton Process­ing
Biological Sciences
Conservation of Wild Flowers
Sea Shells
Soil Conservation
Conservation of Wildlife
Ants at Work
How and    What    Animals Breathe
How Peas Grow
What Foods Have Starch? Bird Nests
Build   Healthy   Bodies   and
Sound Teeth
Collection of Bird Pictures Regional Wildlife
First Aid Is the Best Aid
How Long Do Animals Live? How Seeds Travel
Fur Bearers
Parts of Plants We Eat
Plant Germination
Prehistoric Animals'
Seed and Plant Study
Spiders
Hawks, Useful and Destruc­tive Growing Leather
Growing Cotton
Growing Rubber
Trees   and   Their   Value Man

Intermediate, Grades 4-6, Individual or Group Exhibits

Physical  Sciences
A Bell System
A Chemical Change
A Crystal Radio Set
Action of a Solenoid
A Door Chime
Air Currents
An Electronic Mapof the U.S.
Weaving and Sewing Tech­niques
A Projector
Measuring the Ocean Depths
Measuring Outer Space
Model Airplanes
Molding
Most Liquids Contain either Acid or Alkali
Operation of a Doorbell
Parts of an Electric Motor
The Arc Light
A String Pump in Action
A Weather Station
A Cotton Gin
A Wheat Elevator
Cross Section of a Volcano
Cross Section of an Oil Well
Cross Section of the Earth
Distillation of Water
Power and Food from the Sea
An Electromagnet
Expansion and Contraction of Liquids
History in Shells
Types of Fuel
Heat Can Produce Electricity
Fire Must Have Air to Burn
How Electricity Is Made An
Electromagnetic Crane Machines and Tools
Parts of a Sailboat
Parts of a Windmill
Polar Constellations Principles of a  Transformer
Products Made and Mined in Texas
Products  of  Oil
Jet  Propulsion, Natural and
Man-made
The Quartz Family
A Reed Basket
Resources of the U.S. Rotation of Planets
Sending Messages by Electric Light
Snowflakes
Space Travel Is Coming
Space Problems in Gravity Steam Propulsion
 Steam Turbines
The Fulcrum and the Lever The Planets
The Seasons
Water   Is   a   Compound   of   Hydrogen and Oxygen
Working Principles of a Gas­oline Engine
Workings of a Telegraph Workings of a  Television
Camera
Workings   of   an   Irrigation
Pump
Air Pressure in  a   Mercury Barometer
Alaska, Its Size and Re­sources
Astronomy
Birth of a Balloon
The Blinker Light
Causes of the Seasons
Bulbs in Series and Parallel
The Climate of Your Home
Chemurgy
Chlorophyll
Climate
Electric Eye
Electromagnetism
Fluorescent Lights
Functions of a Camera
 Glass and Its Uses
How to Develop a Picture
How Traffic Signals Work
Inside a Cave
Machines Make Work Easier
Man's  Natural  Resources
Manufacturing Machinery
Mercury
Minerals: Origin, Distribu­tion and Uses
Our Community Planning
Our Solar System
Phases of the Moon
Printing and Its Value toMan
Salt and Its Uses
Shells of the World
Simple Machines
Sound
Sulfur
Fingerprinting
The Telegraph Key
Which Metals Conduct Heat
The Telephone
Train Signals
Water Finds Its Own Level
Water Supports Heavy Weights
Weather and Man
Biological  Sciences        
A Cow's Horns
A Model Arm
Butterflies
Growing Trees
Human Eye
Inside  Fruit
Leaf Characteristics
Fruits of the Texas Panhandle
Migration of Birds
Nutrition
Parts of a Bird
Parts of a Flower
Parts of a Hen's Egg
Parts  of a Horse
Plants Grow Toward Light
Prehistoric Animals
Seed Collection
State Flowers and Birds
Swat that Fly
Rats Are Eating Your Food
 The Beaver
The Coyote
The lack Rabbit
The Prairie Chicken
Tales, Trails and Tails of the Wolf
The Earthworm, Master Plow­man
The Human Heart
The Life Story of a Tree
Carbon Dioxide and Man
The Way to Test for Food Starch
A Garden
A Healthy Breakfast
A Balanced Aquarium
Bees
Bird Album
Care and Feeding of Birds
Cotton Culture
Ecology     of     Our    School Grounds
Food Values
Fat Is Fatal
Habitat Studies
How a Tooth Decays
How Plants Reproduce Insects: Bad Guys or Good  Guys?
Mammals of Texas Parts of the Eye Primitive Animals
The Age of Reptiles The Solar System
Our Friend the Wren Wild Flowers of Texas
Physical  Sciences
A Homemade Cloud Cham­ber
A Homemade Cotton Gin
A Homemade Flour Mill
A Look into the Future
An Amplifying Unit
A  Nuclear  Reactor
Astronomy vs. Atoms
Building a Bird House
Building a Bridge
Building Dams
Change in Boiling Points with Altitude
Construction of a Pipeline
Crude Weather Barometer
Crystal Radio Set
Decomposition of Water by Electric Current
Different Kinds of Cloth
Drilling an Oil Well
Early Methods of Drilling
Earth's Crust
Climate   Makes   Civilizations
 Electricity
Exploring the Universe
Exploring the Arctic
Facts and Preparation of Oxygen
Foucault's Pendulum
Forms in Geometry
Formations in the Earth
Formations  for  Petroleum
Four-Pole Motor
History of Architecture
History of Archaeology
History in Rocks
How to Build a House
How to "Soup" an Engine
Homemade Photoelectric Cell
How a Steam Engine Works
How a Fire Engine Works How Fires Start
How Lakes are Formed
How the Water Table Rises and Lowers
Mathematical Operations with a Wheatstone Bridge
Mathematical Philosophy Meteor Craters in West Texas
Midget Transmitter
Mineral  Collection Miniature Zinc
Mine Miniature 
Helium  Plant
Miniature Refinery
Model of a Periscope Observatory
Oil from the Ground to You Operating a Refinery
Opaque Projector
Petroleum Production
Petroleum Is Where You Find It
Products Made from
Petro­leum Products Made from Natural Gas
Rad:o, AM. FM and Stereo
Removing Stains
Relation of the Sun to the Earth
Rubber:  Synthetic and Nat­ural
Safe Plumbing
Sensitive Air Thermometer
Stars as We See Them
Star or Planet?
Stratosphere
Sulfuric Acid
Tempera Painting
Types of Printing
Types and Styles of Lettering
Testing Conductivity
 Testing for T.B.
The Hydraulic Brake
Drum or Disk Brakes?
Turbines in Our Autos?
The Parts of a Volcano
The Pendulum
The Weapons of War
The Rocket: Its Uses
The Principles of an Electric Refrigerator
The Principles of a Gas Re­frigerator
The Heat Pump
The Solar Family
How to Take a Fingerprint
Insulation Keeps Heat Where You Want It
Internal Combustion Engines
Increasing Horsepower
Minerals of West Texas
Lines of Magnetic Force
Transformers
Tricks Our Eyes Play On Us
Atoms
Certain Chemicals Give Off Colored Light When Burned
Code-sending Oscillator
Controlling Heat
Crude Oil By-Products
Effects of Atomic Blasts
Fire Extinguisher
Hydrogen Gas
Helium Gas
Ink
Lakes of West Texas
Length of Light Waves
Magnetic Doori
Magnetic Motor
Magic Doors
Mechanics of Magic
Method of Securing Water by
.Wind Power
Method   of   Taking   Energy
from Sunlight Microwaves
Miniature Gasoline Engine
How Deep Can a Well Be? The Coaxial Cable
Mirror   Grinding   for
Telescopes
Model of a Geyser
North American Ice Ages
One-Tube Portable Radio
 Operating the DEW Line
Ores and Minerals of Texas
Our Trembling Earth
Principles of an Electric Doorbell
Push-Button Living
Rayon, Orion, Nylon
Science in Entertainment
Securing a Water Supply
Sources and Use of Light Surface of the Moon
Tests for Kinds of Cloth
The Moon
The Principle of Jet
Propulsion
UFO    (Unidentified    Flying Objects)
Propulsion: Jet or Rocket? Thermal   Efficiency   of
Insulated Bags
Relative Humidity:  What It
Means to You
The Role of Cosmetics Making Cosmetics
The Light Spectrum Story of Oil
Unusual Batteries
The Transistor, Mighty
Mouse
Uses   of   Electricity   in   the
Home
Water Purification
What Nature Can Do with
Dripping Water
Model Electric Motorcar
Models of Rocket Ships
Model of the Canadian River Dam
Model of the Expressway
Modern Television Station
An Arc Furnace
Superheterodyne Radio
Every Man is Superman on the Moon
Stereophonic Sound
Aviation Hazards and Safety
Devices The Snark
The Sidewinder Rocket The Nautilus Atomic
Submarine
The Sound Barrier
Sonic Boom
Code Sending
Model of a Navy Cruiser Model of an Airport
Design for Downtown Design for a Shopping Center
Model of a Waterwheel Black Light
 Bridges
How Canal Locks Work Comparing Old  and New
Telephones
Dam and Power Plant
Electric Elevator
Electronics: What Is It?
How a Distributor Works
How a Diesel-Engine Works
How Acid Is Used in Oil Wells
How   Casing  Is  Set   in  Oil Wells
Model Power Plant
Model Spaceship
Newton's Third Law of Motion
Operation of a Turbine
Turbine   Engines    for Automobiles
Traffic Control with a Cloverleaf
Progress in  Road Construc­tion
Radio-controlled Aircraft
The Gear Pump
Processing Wood for Use
Canadian River Dam Distri­bution System for Water
Clay Model of Indian Dwellings
Development   of   the   Auto­mobile
Engineering in Everyday Life
Four-Cycle Engines
Two-Cycle Engines
Free-Piston Engines
Gravity Water Distribution
Heights Above Sea Level
How Hydroelectric Power is Made
Model of the Earth's Interior
Model of Road Intersections
Model Contour Plowing
Radio Construction
Simple Appliance Wiring
Safe Home Wiring
Story of Steel
Story of Aluminum
Television
Strokes of a Gasoline Engine
The Water Table
A Three-Stage Rocket
Types   of   Automobile Transmissions
Various   Methods   of   Communications
Working Parts of a Drilling Rig
Designs for Autos of the Future
Biological Sciences
 Inside the Human Tooth
Our Gift of Life: Blood
Cancer
Glands in the Body
The  Body's  Emergency
System
The Thumb, Man's Greatest
Weapon
Prehistoric People
Safety in the Home
Saving the Soil with Plowing Safety on the Job
Animal and Human Blood Animals   in  Your  Everyday
Life
Flower Models in Paper Flowers on Stamps
Animals on Stamps
The  Pharmacist and the
Physician
Compounding Medicines
Flowers in Plastic
Flowers in Wax
A Study of Leaf Growth
Bacterial Indicator
Beehives
A Bat's Life
African Violets
Age of Dinosaurs
American  Plants of Medical
Value
Amoeba
Anatomy of the Head Anatomy   of  the   Heart,
Mammalian
Animal  IQ
Animal Psychology
Ant House
Better   Farming   through
Science
Bird Identification
Birds of West Texas
Camouflage for Animals
Cause and Control of Pasture
Fires
Effects of Vitamin B
Deficiency
Circulation of the Blood Conservation of Soil and
Water
Cotton Production
Cross Sections of Stems
 Uses for Wheat Straw
Dairy Industry in West Texas Development and Growth of
Lima Beans
The Soybean
Sesame  Seed Culture
The Story of the Horse
Diet to Lose Weight
Animals in Embryo
Soap from Yucca
Parasites in Cattle
The Food Structure
Grafting Methods
Effects  of  Sweet,   Sour  and
Neutral Soil
Histology  Slides  of  Animal
Tissue
History of a Tree
Homemade Soap
Termites in Your Timbers
I Am Studying Taxidermy
Inside the Earth (worm) Irrigation Project
Locating Water Wells
Leaf Structure
Life and Death
Life in the Pasture Pond
Plant Propagation
Regeneration
Breeding for Beef
Breeding for Milk
Breeding  for  a New Strain
By-Products of Corn
Amazing Maize
Skeletons
Cereal Grains
The Heart of the Wheat
Kernel
Stomach and Liver
The Canary
The Digestive System The Eye
The Human Brain
The Lung of a Human vs.
The Lung of a Pig The Spices of Life Taste, Bud?
Structure of the Human Ear The World We Live In, by
Mr. and Mrs. Red Ant Tobacco
Wardian Jar
Water and Its Work
Woods: To Burn, Build and
 Burnish
Animal Parasites
Balanced Aquarium
Bird Identification Chart
Native Grasses of West Texas The Human Foot
Callouses,  Corns and Complaints
Past and Present Man
Products of Native Woods
Bone Structure of a Cat
Care of the Hands
Cotton and Its Uses
Cross Section of a Flower
Effects of Nutrition on White Mice
Everything but the Squeal
Fossils
How and Why We Save Wildlife
The Human Ear
The Growing Seasons of West Texas
Metamorphosis of a Butter-fly
Mosquitoes
Multipurpose Farm Ponds
Seven Stages in Development of Man
Shelters through the Ages
Snakes Alive
Study of Protozoans
Teeth of the Human Mouth
The Care, Feeding and Breed­ing of Dogs
The Cat Family
The   Wasp,   Master   Paper-maker
Vegetable Vitamins
Wild   Ducks   and   How  to Encourage Them
Another example of what pre-high school students can do is revealed in the science fair catalog of University Park School, University Park, Maryland.
The Universe
Sun, Earth and Moon Our Changing Earth
The Elliptic  (Earth's Orbit) The Solar System
Members of the Universe The Earth Beneath Us
Craters on the Moon
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Soils
Uses of Diamonds
March Clouds
The Tides
Artificial  Sunlight  and  Real
Sunlight
Hot Magma—Volcano What Is a Volcano?
 All About Volcanoes
A Volcano Outer Space The Jupiter C
Model of a Modern Miracle Flying Balloon
Planets in Our Solar System
The Zodiacal Constellation Our Baby Earth
About the Weather
Rocks and Minerals
What Causes Rain
Living Things
How Shrimp Hatch and Grow
The Three Stages of the Shrimp
Development of the Baby Chick
A World of Horses
History of the Horse
Study of Horses
Birds
The Parts of a Bird
Our Enemy, the Termite
Life Cycle of a House Fly
The Work of Ants
The   Digestive   and   Repro­ductive System of a Fish
Adventures  in  Micology
Eat a Good Breakfast to Start a Good Day
What Do You Know about Tadpoles?
Diseases That Affect Children
Bone Structure of Hands and Feet
Effects of Pesticides on Plant Growth
Plants Need to Eat Too
How Grass Grows in Dif­ferent Soils
Soil's Effect on Plants
Seeds and Soils
The Effects of Artificial and Natural Sunlight on Plants
Does Temperature Make a Difference in Growth of Plants?
How Plants Absorb Color
How Cotton Grows
How Soil Affects Growth of Plants
Which Soil Is Best?
Flowers with Different Soils
How and Why Plants Grow
Experiments with Plants
Plants and How They Grow
The Tree
The Study of Stems
Characteristics of Soybean Parents and Their Children
Differences in Flowers
How Plants Grow in Dif­ferent Soils
How Pinto Beans Grow
 The Effect of Vitamins on Plants
Flowers - Nature's Most Dainty Plants
Products from Trees
Sea Treasures
Fossils and Bones
Dinosaurs
Exhibit of Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Past
Chemical and Physical Processes
Our Wonderful World of
Chemistry
From Sap to Syrup
All About Rubber
Missile Engines.
What Is a Rocket?
Data on Rockets and Missiles
Modern Rockets
Optical Illusions
Formation of a Volcano
First American Home—
Modern American Home How  Are   Chemicals   Used
to Kill Weeds in Crops? Motor Elevator
Radio Construction Homemade Electric Motor An Electric Motor
The Simple Electric Motor
Electricity Experiments with a Leak Tester
Experiments with Light Be Your Own Weather
Forecaster
Making Crystals
Basic Crystal Structures
Making Big Crystals
Crystals and Crystal Forms
Expansion   and   Contraction of Air
Stereophonic Sound
How Textiles Are Woven How an Electric Motor
Works
The Pull of Electricity
An Electric Crane
An Electromagnetic Crane Gear Reduction to Gear
Expansion
Homemade Telegraph
How the Telephone Works Printing
Electroplating
Types of Wires
An Electric Bell System Experiment with a Coal
Flower
Chemical Gardens
History of the Airplane since
1903
Uses for the Fulcrum Ring Chemistry.

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