Elementary Projects (Grades 4 -
6)
DISPLAY AND EXPERIMENTAL
Included are sample topics for making models or conducting
demonstrations. These should be level 3 projects. Some personal
input is needed to avoid just a display project.
- A Bell System
- History of Shells
- A Chemical Change
- Types of Fuels
- A Crystal Radio Set
- Heat can Produce Electricity
- Action of a Solenoid
- Fire Must Have Air to Burn
- A Door Chime
- How Electricity is Made
- Air Currents
- Climate
- An Electronic Map of Canada
- Electric Eye
- Weaving and Sewing Techniques
- ElectroMagnetism
- A Projector
- Fluorescent Lights
- Measuring the Ocean Depths
- Functions of a Camera
- Measuring Outer Space
- Glass and its Uses
- Model Airplanes
- How to Develop a Picture
- Molding
- How Traffic Signals Work
- Most Liquid contain either Acid or Alkali
- Inside a Cave
- Manufacturing Machinery
- Operation of a Doorbell
- Mercury
- Parts of an Electric Motor
- Minerals: Origin, Distribution
- The Arc Light
- A string Pump in action
- Our Community Planning
- A Weather Station
- Our Solar System
- A Cotton Gin
- Phases of the Moon
- A Wheat Elevator
- Printing and its value to Man
- Cross Section of a volcano
- Salt and its Uses
- Cross Section of an Oil Well
- Weather and Man
- Cross Section of the Earth
- Simple Machines
- Distillation of Water
- Sound
- Power & Food From the Sea
- Sulfur
- An ElectroMagnetic
- Fingerprinting
- Expansion and Contracting Of Liquids
- The Telegraph Key
- Man's Natural Resources
- Which Metals Conduct Heat?
- Rotation of Planets
- The Telephone
- Sending Messages by Electricity
- Train Signal
- Light
- Water finds its own level
- Snowflakes
- Water Supports Heavy Weights
- Space Travel is Coming
- An Electromagnetic Crane
- Space Problems in Gravity
- Machines and Tools
- Steam Propulsion
- Parts of a SailBoat
- Steam Turbines
- Parts of a Windmill
- The Fulcrum and the Lever
- Polar Constellations
- The Planets
- Principles of a Transformer
- Water is Compound of Hydrogen & Oxygen
- Products of Oil
- Jet Propulsion, Natural and Man-Made
- Working Principles of a Gasoline Engine
- The Quartz Family
- Working of a Telegraph
- A Reed Basket
- Workings of a Television
- Camera
- Workings of an Irrigation Pump
- Air Pressure in a Mercury Barometer
- Machines Made Work Easier
- Astronomy
- Birth of a Balloon
- The Blinker Light
- Causes of the Seasons
- Bulbs in Series and Parallel
- The Climate of your own Home
- Chemurgy
- Chlorophyll
- Canals and Locks
- Contour Mapping
- Using a Compass
- Weather Instruments -ForeCasting
- Minerals
- How Accurate are Homemade Weather Instruments?
- Water Cycle
- Rocks
- How Hard are Various Types of Rocks and Minerals?
- Mining - coal, iron ore, etc.
- Petroleum and Oil
- Erosion - What causes erosion? - How can soil erosion be
prevented?
- Air Pollution - causes and cleanup
- Water Pollution
- Forces changing the Earth's Surface
- Precipitation
- Water Filtration
- The City of the Future
- A Study of a Stream
- The River
- Topographic Mapping
- Tides
- EarthQuakes and Associated measuring devices
Hurricanes
- Collect and Identify minerals and rocks exposed in local
area.
- Floods
GRADES 4-6 EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
ELECTRICITY
- -demonstration of principals; how is current affected by type
of conductor,temperature,filament,etc.
- -compare electromagnets for strength, wires for
conductivity.
- -principles of fluorescent lights; how do they compare with
filament bulbs, in effectiveness and cost.
PHYSICS
- -How metals compare in conducting heat.
- -How metals compare in density and buoyancy
- -Efficiency of different types of steam engines
- -How does the amount of oxygen affect the rate of
burning?
- -Does Temperature affect Solubility?
- -Are some substances more soluble than others
- -How do Aeorplanes fly? What is the best wing shape?
- -How do waves carry energy
- -How do magnets work? How are they made?
- -Compare densities of different gases
- -How Light is Affected passing through water e.g. viewing
objects under water, formation of rainbows.
- -What limits the speed of a boat, a truck
transport.
CHEMISTRY
- -Chemical Change and the factors that affect the rate such as
heat. light and catalysts
- -Acid and basic solutions, how are they produced, how can they
be modified; practical considerations in soil, lakes, food; acid or
basic solutions around the house.
- -Factors affecting the making of glass.
- -The effects of salts on the freezing point of water and other
liquids.
METEOROLOGY
- Day Length - record length of days and nights over a period of
time; what effects do the changes have on things like household
plants, pets, etc.
- Air Movement - Is air in your house the same temperature at
floor level and near the ceiling? How could you spread heat more
evenly through the house?
- Dew & - Does it form on clear or cloudy nights? What
other
- Frost factors increase the amount of dew? Can you measure how
much dew is formed in a square meter.
- Temp. - How does the temperature change during the day? What
time is usually the warmest? Can you construct your own thermometer
to keep your own records.
- Rain - How does a rain gauge work? Measure the rainfall over a
period of time and compare it with the daily weather reports. -
Principles of cloud seeding and other weather
modification.
BIOLOGY
- Insects -personal observations on life cycle, feeding habitats,
population, flies, bees, butterflies.
- Nutrition - plants and fertlilzer
- Studies - how pet mice respond to different types of food
(pellets, crushed, solid) - how do plants get nitrogen
- Plants - why do plants grow towards light? - the effects of
gravity on seed germination - how water moves through the plant -
how plants reproduce and factors that affect the process - why do
plants move?
- Soil - the importance of earthworms to soil and plants - the
effect of soil components and organic matter on growth of
plants.
- Field Studies - plant and animal life in the school grounds, a
creek or stream, a grassy field, a tree, a home garden, a balanced
aquarium, during winter. - diets of various
animals
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