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4th Grade Science Projects

Water Pressure Experiment

By rookie Updated 05/15/2020

Check out other properties of water experiments. References: Static Fluid Pressure

Grow A CD Garden

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 05/15/2020

grass grows inside the cd garden

After doing the Hovercraft and Friction experiment, we were left with an empty CD case. Some creative upcycling idea was needed! We got rid of our grass lawn a few years ago because the location wasn’t suitable for growing healthy grass. But we still have a bag of grass seed left and some fresh soil…

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Easy Science Experiment: Gravity And Magnetism Activity

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 05/15/2020

palm faces down, magnet placed on top, a bunch of paper clips stuck to the palm

Why A magnet produces a magnetic field around itself. The magnetic field applies magnetic force and attracts the paper clips. Even when you put an object, and in this case your hand, between the magnet and the paper clips, the magnetic field still exists. Normally, the paper clips do not fly into a hand that…

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How To Make A Compass For Kids

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 07/24/2019

How to Make a Compass Experiment with a compass floating in water

Did you know that it’s very easy to make your own compass at home? There is hardly any preparation time. It’s great as a rainy day activity. Iron is a ferromagnet. Ferromagnets, such as iron, nickel, cobalt and manganese, can be magnetized by applying an external magnetic field and retain the magnetism even when the external…

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Magnetic Poles For Kids | Science Experiment

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 05/16/2020

shake iron filings onto a piece of paper to see magnetic force field

Playing with magnets is always fun. We bought some very strong magnets recently and they are perfect to show what magnetic field looks like. Magnet attracts iron and the magnetism can act through many materials such as paper.  When iron filings are spread over the magnets, you can see the outline of the magnetic force or…

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Why Are Sunsets Red Orange? Science Experiment | STEM (Video)

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 05/16/2020

When white light lights up a glass of water from the top, the bottom of the water turns orange

Have you done our popular experiment “Why is the sky blue?” experiment? Now the next question is, “Why are sunsets red / orange in color?” Besides moving a flashlight around, sunset colors can also be created when white light travels for a long distance through a medium filled with small particles. The following are two…

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Center of Gravity Experiment

By Rookie Parenting Science Updated 05/15/2020

balance science experiments

Is it possible to make a craft stick stand up right on a chopstick? It IS possible to do so, with some extra help (no, not glue). How Does It Work? This trick works because we changed the craft stick’s center of gravity. Center of gravity is the average location of the weight of an…

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