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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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The Effect of Candle Wax Hardness on the Burning Time of a Candle
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Which weight is greater, that of the product of combustion or that of the starting material?
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Which substance will burn the fastest?
[P]
Which kind of trash, when burned, creates the most heat?
[P]
Which type of fabric burns the quickest?
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How will the size of a closed jar affect the burning time of a candle?
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Which fire retarding treatment would best protect a structure from wildfires?
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Flame retardants
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Determine which one of the three commercial flame-retardant chemicals would best prevent combustion of various species of evergreen trees.
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Biomass Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Fossil Fuel Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Fire
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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An inexpensive efficient fire retardant
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Test the effectiveness of fire fighting gels.
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Learn if Flamex PF Fire Retardant really did delay the burning of cotton, polyester, cardboard, paper, and cork, and on which material it works better on.
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Measure the amount of energy contained in various types of nuts
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Which wood releases the most heat?
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Which type of wood, hardwood or softwood, will burn fastest?
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Fire Retardants vs. Burning Rate of Cotton
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Determine which fireplace fuels work most efficiantly to heat a room for the least amount of time, energy, and money.
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What type of light bulb charges zinc sulfide the most effectively?
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Assess the amount of energy created in a chemical reaction using handwarmers that last for different durations of time.
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Determine if energy released during chemical reactions can be stored by stopping the chemical reaction.
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What are fireworks?
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Which food releases the most heat and food energy (calories)?
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How fast will different objects burn in different levels of oxygen?
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The flammability of different fabrics?
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What brand of fireplace pellets burn the longest and produce the most heat?
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Flame retardants
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How flammable are different species of Christmas trees if people fail to water them?
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Biomass Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Fossil Fuel Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Fire
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Reducing The Flammability of Paint
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Find the best method of protecting a structure with many wooden components from fire consumption testing borax, sodium bicarbonate, white birch and pine.
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Determine if a viscous spray made with alginate, a natural, biodegradable compound produced in the cell walls of brown algae, is an effective fire-retardant alternative based on its ability to prevent combustion and burning.
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Investigate the colors produced when different chemicals are burned.
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Test the possibility of adding ash to paint which contains organic compounds and evaluate its fire-extinguishing characteristics.
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Energy of a Peanut: an experiment in Calorimetry
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Determine the contents of corn ash using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and test its fire extinguishing capacity compared to other commercial fire extinguishers.
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Investigate whether sodium polystyrene sulfonate can be used as a subtituent solvent to ether in Li-ion battery
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Study the relationship between the voltage output of a tin-copper cell and the temperature of the two solutions.
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A Novel Nanocrystalline Chlorophyll-Based Photoelectrochemical Cell: H2 Production via the Light-Driven Redox of Seawater
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Oil industries and the cracking process
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Handwarmer investigation
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Biomass Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Fossil Fuel Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Fire
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Chemistry Resources
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Periodic Table Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Chemical Safety
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Chemistry Science Fair Projects Books
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