Junior Division Science Fair

The 2013 Junior Division Project Fair was held on Thursday, February 21. The fair is the culmination of several weeks of research and hard work. Students in Grades 3- 5 presented a variety of science topics (listed below).

What is the effect of pressure on soccer ball elasticity?
Does color affect memory?
How does weight affect the period of a pendulum?
Does surface area affect the speed at which a piece of paper falls?
How does the angle at which a football is thrown affect the distance it travels?
Is there a relationship between your sense of smell and your body language?
Is the speed of a baseball affected by the composition of the bat?
How does the temperature of a baseball affect its elasticity?
Do different oils work equally well in baking?
How does pitch affect your ability to hear?
How does crystal size effect the evaporation of water with salt in it?
How does hull shape affect stability?
How does temperature affect plant growth?
How does the Stroop Effect change with the age of the participants?
What is the effect of warm-up exercises on flexibility?
How does particle size affect the speed of rusting?
How does pressure affect the elasticity of a basketball?
What is the effect of pressure on soccer ball elasticity?
What is the effect of pH on seed germination?
How does color affect heat absorption?
How do temperature and humidity affect the drying time of glue?
How does color influence a beverage’s appeal?
How do people’s perceptions of sounds differ?
How do other ingredients affect the growth of yeast?
What affect does bicycle tire pressure have on rolling resistance?
What is the protein content of various grain and nut flours?
Which materials work best to block magnetic attraction?
How does age affect reaction time?
Does memory differ by gender?
Does the buoyancy of objects of various densities differ in Ooblek (cornstarch and
water)?
What effect do background colors have on an object placed on a background?
What effect do different ice melters have on solid ice after 15 minutes?
What effect do different liquids have on a gummy candy?
How does the angle of a small ramp affect the travel of a golf ball in a Rube Goldberg machine?
What effect does the type of fruit have on the amount of electricity it produces?
What effect do different liquids have on teeth?
What effect does age have on different tastes?
How does the distance from land that a tsunami caused by a meteorite affect its height?
How will other Sage students’ amylase compare to mine when testing how long it takes to dissolve starch into sugar?
What effect do different acids have on baking soda?
How will different temperatures affect the speed of a computer processor?
How does the slope of a volcano affect the time of lava flowing down a hill?
What effect do different acids (orange juice, lime juice, vinegar) have on blotting paper?
What effect do different liquids have on the growth of a plant?
Which natural dye is the most effective in coloring, as measured by brightness, on a piece of cloth?
What effect do different amounts of gas have on the distance lava travels in an eruption?
What effect do different liquids have on a magnetic field?
What effect do different temperatures have on erasers?
What kinds of rocks can be the most efficient handaxes and can cut through a branch the fastest?
What effect does water have on the glow of chemicals
How does Oobleck react to different types of liquids?
What effect do certain substances have on the reaction between baking and vinegar?
What effect do Mentos have in different types of liquids?
How do changes in an environment affect which genes are prevalent in creatures?
What effect does gender have on frustration?
What effects do different amounts of air have on how far a soccer ball goes?
What effect does the source of citric acid have on the power of a battery?
What effect do magnets have on different materials?
How does wind affect structures made of different materials?
What effects do different liquids have on extracting DNA?