Science Fair Resources

Stuck for an idea | Looking for an experiment | How to do a science fair project | Researching facts

Stuck for an IDEA?

Reference Books

Try the science experiment notebooks in Juvenile Reference in the Kids Place:

 

• Science experiments on file

Browsing the Shelves

• Browse for general science experiment books at 507.8
• Browse JNF 500s and 600s & look for the yellow Science label as shown below
  

Searching the Library Online Catalog

Try these subjects searches:

• science projects
• science experiments

Web Sites

• Internet Public Library's Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Choosing a Topic
• Science Fairs Home Page Primary Projects (grades 1-4)
• Science Fairs Home Page Elementary Projects (grades 4 - 6)
• Science Fairs Home Page Intermediate Projects (grades 7 - 9)

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Have an idea but need to find an EXPERIMENT?

Reference Books

• Science Experiment Index for Young People
  An index to science experiments and activities in more than 700 books, with descriptions, location codes, and cross-indexing.

Library Online Catalog

Try a more specific SUBJECT search or a KEYWORD search using the type of science and the word experiments, for example:

• chemistry experiments
• physics experiments
• biology experiments
• botany experiments
• geology experiments

Try a more specific SUBJECT search or a KEYWORD search using the main topic of experiment and the word experiments, for example:

• electricity experiments
• fungi experiments
• magnets experiments
• plants experiments
• weather experiments

 

Web Sites

• Science Fair Project Index
  Find out the name of a book that has the experiment you are thinking of doing. You can search by subject or keyword. You can also browse by grade level.

 

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Need to know HOW TO DO a science fair project?

Books

• How to make your science project scientific
• Science fair success: How to win prizes, have fun, and think like a scientist
• Science fair projects for elementary schools : step by step
• The complete handbook of science fair projects
• How to do successful science projects
• How to do a science fair project
• How to do a science project

Web Sites

• Internet Public Library's Science Fair Project Guide
• Experimental Science Projects : An Introductory Level Guide
• Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide

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Need FACTS for your project?

Reference Books

• New book of popular science
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology
• Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia
• Scientific American science desk reference

Online Databases
(Databases require library card number and library account PIN/password outside the library)

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Science & Technology Collection (check Full Text box on search form)
• MasterFILE Premier (check Full Text box on search form)
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (check Full Text box on search form)
• Academic Search Complete (check Full Text box on search form)

Product Comparison

• Consumer Reports (print magazine at the library)
• MasterFILE Premier (online access to Consumer Reports)

   

  1. Enter your library card number and library account PIN/password if outside the library
  2. In Limit your results section, click the box next to Full Text
  3. In Limit your results section, type Consumer Reports in the box next to Publication.
  4. Enter your search terms and click Search

Web Sites

• Archive of the MAD Scientist's Network

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