Picking a Topic

Select a topic that interests you! Look for a topic in books, magazines, experiment books, museums, newspapers, TV, etc.

Check out some past winning project topics!
2005 Winners

 2002 PSMS Winners
2002 PCIS Winners
1999 PCIS Winners
2000 PCIS Winners
  Try these Internet sites for other ideas:
Plymouth Public Schools Science Fair Guide
Grade 7-9 Ideas NASA Ideas Scifair.org Ideas NOAA for students
Discovery School Ideas Yes Mag Ideas Cyber Science Fair Eduplace

http://physics1.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/  http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~jbarron/jh.html

http://www.scifair.com/

Keep your topic narrow enough so that you can finish it and do a good job on it.

Example:

"Plants" is a poor topic. You will not be able to learn everything about plants. Be specific. Pick a particular plant and choose one variable to test.

A better topic would be:
 How does the distance from a fluorescent light source affect the growth rate of hydroponically grown ivy (Hedera helix) plants? How will varying the distance by 5cm in each group affect the growth of the leaves and roots?

 

 
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