5 easy science fair projects that anyone can pull off! Popcorn science fair experiment directions + 4 other ideas!

The Dancing popcorn experiment is a simple and engaging activity that demonstrates principles of density and buoyancy.

We are onto this year's Science Project! Last year we did the Lava Lamp which was a lot of fun, but sadly all our efforts did not go with a good experience from Cole. NOW at a new school and a different way of grading science projects we are in hopes that Cole will have a good experience with this project. It took all my effort to assure him that this time will be different and we won't end up in tears like last year, lord I pray so we'll find out Thursday at the Science Fair. This Year he wanted to do something fun and flashy. He had me google science project with electricity since that is something they have been doing in school. We found some cool LED gloves you could make, but to be honest all the projects cost a lot to make. Then I came across a Popcorn Experiment by Sean Boyd. It had GREAT instructions what to do and how to do. Our amazing tutor Jessica and Cole got to work on it, they put in almost a week of testing and making the board. I was so impressed with how it turned out! We modeled our board off a picture I found on pinterest, the Popcorn Science Board didn't have a site it was just a picture, please let me know if it yours so I can give you credit. What you Need: 5 Brands of Microwave Popcorn ($8, 2 boxes at Dollar tree, $2 each for the rest) 2 Bowls Microwave Tri-Board ($2.99 Fred Meyer) Red Paper ($1 Large sheet found at Dollar Tree) Black Paper ($1 Large sheet found at Dollar Tree) Yellow Paper ($1 Large sheet found at Dollar Tree) 3M Spray Glue ($4.99 we had a can already or Glue Sticks) Popcorn Cut outs (Print if you can't find) Circuit (For Circles and Letters or you can cut them yourself) What you Need to do: We placed a bag in the microwave and pressed the popcorn button. Once the microwave stopped we poured the popcorn into a bowl then counted each un-popped kernel and wrote it down. We then did the same steps with the next 2 bags of the same brand. Same steps repeated with each brand. We did a trial of 3 on each popcorn brand so an average could be taken to give a true test of how many un-popped kernels were left. For the board we cut out strips of Red for the look of a popcorn bag. We used my Circuit machine to cut out circles (used George Font Cartridge), also used this to make the letters. Computer used for the graphs and the typing of the words, printed on white card stock. To make the words pop we took the white cardstock and placed on black paper to outline. We also printed a few clip art pieces to glue on the board. We hit the garage and found a can of 3M spray adhesive and sprayed everything done. We used yellow circles to put on the top of the board to look like popcorn coming out of the popcorn container. We added circles to make it look like popped popcorn for each label. We took the Pop Pop Popcorn letters and put on the board with a black background. Question / Problem: Which brand of popcorn will give the least amount of un-popped kernels. Prediction / Hypothesis: Predict which Brand would produce least and the most unpopped Kernels. Procedure: Use the above statement on what you need to do. Results / Conclusion: Take the #of un-popped kernels of each brand and divide by 3 to get an average. The average from EACH brand will tell you who has the least and who has the most. It will also tell you if you were right or wrong with your prediction. Graphs: Use Word or Excel to graph your results. Our Graphs: We took this data to make a graph / Data Table (We used Excel, I can't get the graph to copy): Popcorn Brand Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Avg. Act II 45 69 5 40 Jollytime 72 23 2 32 Pop Secret 26 19 21 22 Kroger 46 48 15 36 Primetime 31 38 36 35 Have fun, this is a fun and pretty inexpensive experiment. Thanks for Stopping by! Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

5 easy science fair projects that anyone can pull off! Popcorn science fair experiment directions + 4 other ideas!

I created this project when my first grade class participated in our school's science fair. Our question was "Which brand of microwave popcorn pops the best?" The requirements for the science fair were: display board (with title, purpose, hypothesis, materials, procedure,and results), log book, and written report. This download includes all of the labels, signs, and recording sheets to accompany this project. This product is not editable. This 21 page download contains: Labels for Popcorn – page 3 Labels for Board – page 4-6 Title for Board – Page 7 Purpose – page 8 Hypothesis – page 9 Hypothesis for Students – page 10 Procedure – page 11-12 Materials – page 13-14 Student Counting Sheet – page 15 Data Collection Page – page 16 Results – page 17 Log Book Cover – page 18 Written Report Cover – page 19 Blanks (border, labels) – page 20-21

I created this project when my first grade class participated in our school's science fair. Our question was "Which brand of microwave popcorn pops the best?" The requirements for the science fair were: display board (with title, purpose, hypothesis, materials, procedure,and results), log book, and written report. This download includes all of the labels, signs, and recording sheets to accompany this project. This product is not editable. This 21 page download contains: Labels for Popcorn – page 3 Labels for Board – page 4-6 Title for Board – Page 7 Purpose – page 8 Hypothesis – page 9 Hypothesis for Students – page 10 Procedure – page 11-12 Materials – page 13-14 Student Counting Sheet – page 15 Data Collection Page – page 16 Results – page 17 Log Book Cover – page 18 Written Report Cover – page 19 Blanks (border, labels) – page 20-21

This is Maddy's 5th Grade Science Fair project: "What Kind of Popcorn Pops the Best?" I often complain about these types of projects becau...