5th grade science fair project ideas please

[mom2val]

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[mousetravel]

My DD did this and won 2nd place, but may only work if you know someone that owns a diabetes kit:

My grandma has to check her blood sugar levels several times a day, so we came up with this idea:

Pick a few different age groups and measure how their blood sugar levels rise after eating a chocolate candy bar.

1st, take each person's blood sugar and record it.
2nd, have each person eat a candy bar.
3rd, retake blood sugar and record the new number
4th, take each person's photo

On the project poster board, she had a chart with all the before & after measurements, each person's picture and age, and some different things posted on the board, such as bandaids lancets (clean and unused, of course), and candy bar wrappers.

Of course you'll have to find participants willing to get their finger pricked!!!


May not be an ideal for everyone, but it was a great subject for DD since she had access to all the diabetes info!

 

[LJSquishy]

I don't know how people come up with great ideas! I remember being stumped on what to do for my 6th grade science fair project! I ended up doing how various vitamins affect the growth of plants. My partner and I won 2nd place in a regional science fair. Basically we purchased different single vitamins (water soluable ones), mixed with measured amounts of water, and grew bean plants from seed. The control was a plant receiving no vitamins. We used bean seeds because they grow super fast.

I'm sure someone on here can give you a great idea. I'm creative in an artistic way, but not when it comes to thinking up new ideas for things like this! Good luck!