- Science Hunt - http://www.sciencehunt.com/
Guide to picking, planning, and displaying a science project, as well as links to additional resources.
- Discovery Channel: Science Fair Central - http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Separate science fair guides for students, teachers, and parents. In the Science Fair Studio, there is a handbook for kids to help with the project, some project ideas and questions you can ask, and a list of books you can get at the library.
- Cyber Fair: The Virtual Science Fair - http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html
A place where students in grades 3-6 can read the results of student projects, look for ideas for their own projects, and share the results of their projects with other students.
- The Ultimate Science Fair Resource - http://www.scifair.org/
Includes ideas for projects, step-by-step project instructions, links to other resources, and a board where students can exchange ideas.
- Science Fair Projects - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
A science teacher, former science fair organizer and judge, and parent writes this simple step-by-step guide.
- Science Project and Fair Ideas - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/projects.htm
A collection of close to 2000 ideas for science projects. Also available in PDF format for printing and in .lit format for e-book readers.
- Earthquake Science Fair Project Ideas - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/sciencefair.html
Projects and ideas dealing with earthquakes, faults. and plate tectonics. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
- IPL Science Fair Guide - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
Internet Public Library guides students through the steps necessary to create a successful science fair presentation.
- Science Fair Primer - http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html
Includes resources from start to finish, including narrowing your topic, analyzing data, and preparing an exhibit.
- Math Forum: Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects - http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
Individual project ideas and collections of suggestions for students planning to participate in a math or science fair, with links to pages featuring math fairs. Students are invited to submit projects.
- Science Fair Preparation - http://www.cyberbee.com/science/prep.html
Includes questions to ask at each step in the process to ensure that your project is successful.
- Solar Energy Fair Projects - http://www.juliantrubin.com/solarprojects.html
Topics, ideas and resources including solar cells, solar home, solar cars, heat appliances, photosynthesis and sample projects.
- Alex's Science Fair Projects - http://www.sciencefairprojects.co.uk/
Ideas for science fair projects in physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy.
- Super Science Fair Projects - http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
Step-by-step guide to doing a science fair project including timeline, choosing a topic, scientific method, and an insight to how judges think.
- Project Ideas Using Mushrooms and Fungi - http://www.mycomasters.com/Science-fair-projects.html
Ideas and approaches to science projects involving mushroom cultivation, from ready-made mushroom kits to culturing mushroom tissue from the wild.
- Science Fair Ideas - http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html
Includes a worksheet that poses fill-in-the-blank questions with suggested topics.
- Science Fair Project Ideas - http://all-science-fair-projects.com/
Free science fair project ideas, with full instructions and explanations.
- Science Fairs - http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/youth/science_fair_index.html
Science fair guidance from the Houston Public Library and Houston ISD.
- Team Toronto - http://www.geocities.com/torcwsf2001
Scrapbook and list of projects this team used. At the 2001 Canada Wide Science Fair. Good source of ideas.
- AOL: Science Fairs - http://www.aolatschool.com/features/sciencefairs/index.adp
Provides K-12 teachers and students with project ideas, experiment instructions, supporting facts, display tips and science competitions to enter.
- DragonflyTV's Science Fair Source - http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scifair/
PBS guide for students through each step of creating a successful project including challenges, questions, and creativity.
- School Science Fairs - http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/
Designed to help students find age-appropriate ideas for science projects.
- Science Fair Project Ideas - http://othello.mech.northwestern.edu/~peshkin/scifair/chias_ideas.html
A list of questions at varying levels that one might ask in designing a science fair project.
- Fear of Science Fairs - http://othello.mech.northwestern.edu/~peshkin/scifair/chiparent.html
Science fair projects don't have to be Science-with-a-capital-S.
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