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Chemistry Science Fair Projects Ideas
1. Common Corn CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
The most mentioned crop in the Bible is ‘corn’. (A staple then, a
staple now. Did they have corn fed beef?)
2. A Cool Cave
Jesus Christ, son of Mary, was most likely to have been born in a
cave. Caves were used to keep animals in because of the intense
heat. The carpenters of Jesus day were basically stone cutters, as
wood wasn’t used nearly as much as it is today. (Jesus is the
foundation stone.)
3. A New Taste CHEMISTRY SCIENCE PROJECTS IDEAS
The first chocolate chip cookie was developed in the kitchen of a
Whitman, Massachusetts, country inn in 1937. Simple experiments
led to a recipe combining bits of chocolate candy with shortbread
type, cookie dough. (The world hasn’t been the same since!)
4. You Big Rat! Chemistry science fair project ideas
The world's largest rodent is the ‘Capybara’. It is an Amazon
water hog that looks like a guinea pig, and can weigh more than
100 pounds. (A gentle giant – really!)
5. Ashamed CHEMISTRY SCIENCE PROJECTS IDEAS
Alcoholics are twice as likely to confess a drinking problem to a
computer than to a doctor, say researchers in Wisconsin, US. (And
computers can’t be sympathetic either.)
6. Not in Egypt
The largest pyramid in the world is not in Egypt but in Cholulu de
Rivadahia, Mexico. It is 177 feet (55m) tall and covers 25 acres
(11 hectares), being built sometime between 6 and 12 AD. (Well,
Mexico is near to Texas, isn’t it?)
7. First Flight
The first commercial passenger aeroplane began flying in 1914. The
first commercial passenger aeroplane with a bathroom began flying
in 1919. (Nature rules the airways too!)
8. Go Babe – And He Did!
Baseball legend Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs an
incredible12 times. (How come he was still a ‘Babe’ after all that
time?)
9. Abundant CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS
About 5.6 percent of the Earth’s crust is composed of iron. (Ironical really! Don’t know why though – but it must be!)
10. Spell It Please CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS
A 45-letter word connoting a lung disease,
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, is the longest word
in Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The longest word
in the Oxford English Dictionary means the act of estimating as
worthless – floccipaucinihilipilification, which has a mere 29
letters. (Easier to learn English than American?)
11. Go Gold
In medieval Europe, alchemists mixed powdered gold into drinks to
"comfort sore limbs," one of the earliest references to arthritis.
(Setting the scene for expensive drugs to become the norm.)
12. Snore More CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
According to a 1999 survey conducted by the National Sleep
Foundation, amongst those who snore, 19 percent snore so loudly
that they can be heard through a closed door. (Of course, none of
us snore, do we?)
13. Pass the Salt
In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
(Must have been really determined about it!)
14. Ant Stitch CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS
Doctors in ancient India used insect mandibles instead of stitches
to bind the two sides of a cut together. The head of a large ant
would be removed and its pincers brought together through the
patient's flesh. (Stitched ‘ant by ant’!)
15. A ‘Weather Eye’ in the Sky
On February 17, 1959, Vanguard II became the first satellite to send
weather information back to Earth. (Because we couldn’t get it
right down here?)
16. Wet Sweat
There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet and they
sweat as much as 8 ounces of moisture per day. (Walking on water?)
17. Not Loved
Elton John’s first record, "I’ve Been Loving You" was released by
Philips Records in England in 1968. Philips, not realising the
potential of the soon-to-be superstar, released him in 1969, just
before he teamed up with lyricist Bernie Taupin. (The song was a
prophetic end to what could have been such a beautiful – and
profitable – relationship!)
18. Getting Up a Sweat
There are round about 2 million sweat glands in the average human
body. The average adult loses 540 calories with every litre of
sweat. Men too, sweat about 40% more than women. (But women still
use more deodorant!)
19. Make Up Your Mind Please CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
Biologists have discovered that cockroaches can change course as
many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble
animals known. (Don’t know which way to turn! Many human
cockroaches too!)
20. Burnt Gas CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
About 110,000 million tons of carbon dioxide enter the atmosphere
each year as the result of burning fossil fuels. Removing this
amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere requires a forested
area the size of Australia. (Australia isn’t too much helping
either – lot’s of desert!)
21. Money Mouse
According to one source, Americans buy about 5 million things that
are shaped like Mickey Mouse, or have a picture of Mickey Mouse on
them, every day! (Yet most people don’t like mice.)
22. A Long Term Investment
Vintage port takes forty years to reach maturity. (Quicker than me!)
23. Far Sighted CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS
A bird sees everything at once in total focus. Whereas the human eye
is globular and must adjust to varying distances, the bird's eye
is flat and so can take in everything at once in a single glance.
(So there really is a ‘birds-eye view’.)
24. There’s Got to be an Easy Way CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
According to the U.S. government, people have tried more than
28,000 different ways to lose weight. (People haven’t yet accepted
that all you need to do is stop eating and start exercising. We’re
all the same!)
25. Not In Texas!
The largest movie theatre in the world is not in Texas, but rather
is the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Opening in
December, 1932, it originally had 5,945 seats. (So many could
watch Hollywood’s American dreams - all at once.)
26. A Long, Bumpy Ride
The first automobile to cross the United States took 52 days in
1903 to travel from San Francisco to New York. (Could they ever
have imagined what they had started?)
27. A Mirror Image CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards when
looked at in a mirror. (So can you find out the result before the
match?)
28. Getting in First
President John F. Kennedy commissioned Pierre Salinger to buy and
stockpile 1,500 Havana cigars on the eve of signing the Cuban
trade embargo. (Fortunately, that was all that went up in smoke!)
29. Choose Tails CHEMISTRY SCIENCE PROJECT IDEA
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times,
but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it tends to
end up on the bottom more often. (A case of the ‘tail before the
head’.)
30. Sad But True
Humanities most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5
million people die from malaria every year. (Yet it is preventable
– at a cost, and with a will.)
31. Not the Same
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's. Any arthritic pains she
may suffer from will almost always disappear as soon as she
becomes pregnant. (Didn’t think men had a heart?)
32. Self Interest CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
Court ladies of Henry VIII’s reign tinted their hair orange with
the spice saffron until the king forbade it. He feared a saffron
shortage would result from the fashion statement, and that it
might reach his own dining table. (Stomach before beauty!)
33. Fly Away CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
The average airspeed of the common housefly is 4.5 miles (7km) per
hour; getting there by beating its wings about 20,000 times per
minute. (Car designers could do well to copy their technology so
as to engines rev higher.)
34. That’s Real Acceleration
Comets speed up as they approach the Sun – sometimes reaching
speeds of over a million miles per hour. Far away from the Sun,
their speeds drop, perhaps down to as little as 700 miles per
hour. (Do they have heavenly ‘drag races’ with each other?)
35. Fishy? CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
The word salmonella, referring to bacteria that enter a person's
digestive tract in contaminated food and causing food poisoning,
has nothing to do with fish. Rather, it was named after U.S.
pathologist Daniel E. Salmon. (He may not wish to be remembered
for this!)
36. Bees Beware
'Cerophacy’ is the eating of wax. Some birds, such as the honey guides of
Africa and Asia, eat bees wax persistently. (Maybe wax lyrical in
song after a feed?)
37. Growing Claws
Your thumbnail grows the slowest; your middle nail, the fastest.
(All finger –nails, and less thumb-nails!)
38. Try it!
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and white worms
like fried pork rinds. (So I am told!)
39. Getting the Wind Up! CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
To produce as much electricity as a nuclear power station, the
turbines for a wind farm would need to occupy an area of
approximately 140 square miles (362.598 square kilometres!). (Not
forgetting the wind too, of course.)
40. Are You Average? CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS
According to Hallmark Cards, the average American receives eight
birthday cards annually. (Mine seem to come more frequently now!)
41. Half the Market
Only men were allowed to eat at the first self-service restaurant,
the Exchange Buffet in New York, opened in 1885. Customers ate
standing up. (Did women do the cooking?)
42. Big Bertha
The world's largest mammal, the ‘blue whale’, weighs 50 tons at
birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons. (How many women
would like to give birth to a baby one-third its adult weight?)
43. Bottle ????
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration statistics, two
out of five women in America dye their hair. (But no-ones meant to
know this!)
44. Just Peanuts CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
The Jif plant in Lexington, Kentucky, is reportedly the largest
peanut butter factory in the world. (Not just ‘peanuts’ in size
though!)
45. Aeroplane Cowboys
In the film industry, a ‘chute cowboy’ is a slang expression for the
experienced parachutists that either perform or assist with stunts
involving parachutes. (What goes up, must come down – slowly!)
46. CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
If the Earth's axis was not tilted, there would be 12-hour days
everywhere, and no seasons. At the poles, the sun would always be
on the horizon. (The ultimate in boring political correctness!)
47. Can You Believe It!
The biography of Thomas Crapper, the British sanitary engineer who
in 1878 invented the modern flush toilet, was called ‘Flushed with
Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper.’ Others however, say it was
invented by Sir John Harington, who is believed to have installed
his invention for Queen Elizabeth I at her palace during the
1590's. (Thank you very much to whoever it was that invented it!)
48. Good Things Take Time
The average wedding feast in Yemen lasts 21 days. (But who pays
the bills?)
49. And We Drink It!CHEMISTRY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS IDEAS
Vinegar was the strongest acid known to the ancients. (Dissolves
our stomachs?)
50. Drink More Water
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a
human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
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