It’s Science Fair Time! Grab your protective goggles & make sure there’s a fire extinguisher handy--it’s time to hit the books and start experimenting!


	The DK Science Encyclopedia
	A great lookup resource for young scientists everywhere, this is where you go for the why behind "What just happened?"

	Adams, Richard and Robert Gardner
	Ideas for Science Projects
	Look here for more than 100 project ideas sure to inspire you to science fair greatness.

	Ardley, Neil
	101 Great Science Experiments—A Step-by-Step Guide
	Step-by-step projects in many areas of science that kids grade 2 and above can do at home.

	Bartholomew, Alan
	Electric Mischief: Battery-powered Gadgets Kids Can Build
	Build your very own bumper car and other cool gadgets after you’ve mastered the basics of building circuits and switches.

	Branzei, Slyvia
	Hands-On Grossology
	Get grossed out by experiments illustrating some of the more "disgusting" aspects of what it means to be human. Not to be attempted by those with weak stomachs or lacking a sense of humor.

	Cobb, Vicki
	Science Experiments You Can Eat
	What you’ve been waiting for—a legitimate excuse to play with your food.

	Danna Voth
	Kidsource: Science Fair Handbook
	Everything you need to know about choosing and planning a project, finding and using resources, applying scientific principles, and putting it all together for the judges.

	Danny Glover
	How Does it Work?
	Simple 2-page experiments for kids ages 5-and-up answer a variety of science puzzlers.

	Franklin Institute Science Museum
	The Ben Franklin Book of Easy & Incredible Experiments
	Try these hands-on experiments developed by America’s 1st great scientist, Ben Franklin, or inspired by his research.

	Gardner, Robert
	Planet Earth Science Fair Projects: Using the Moon, Stars, Beach Balls, Frisbees, and Other Far-Out Stuff
	Get to know the third rock from the sun we call home better through these experiments for middle-schoolers.

	Jill Frankel Hauser
	Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions that Work (& Knowing Why)
	Learn to think like an inventor and build more than 75 gadgets, gizmos, contraptions, and doohickeys that demonstrate friction, gravity, energy, motion, and other principles of physics.

	John Loret and John T. Tanacredi
	Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles through Projects
	This 4-volume set contains 100 science experiments and projects for middle-schoolers.

	Levine, Shar
	The Ultimate Bubble Book: Soapy Science Fun
	Who knew science could be such good clean fun?

	Macaulay, David with Neil Ardley
	The New Way Things Work
	A helpful wooly mammoth reveals the workings of all kinds of contraptions and the scientific principles behind them.

	Murphy, Pat with Ellen Macaulay and the staff of the Exploratorium
	Exploratopia
	Learn to mummify a hot dog, detect counterfeit currency, and much, much more in this collection of 400+ experiments and explorations for curious kids.

	Newcomb, Rain
	Smash It! Crash It! Launch It!: 50 Mind-blowing, Eye-popping Science Experiments
	Launch marshmallows from catapults, shoot potato popguns, build fettuccine bridges, break a few eggs and engage in lots of messy destructive fun, all in the name of science!

	Nye, Bill
	Bill Nye the Science Guy’s Great Big Book of Tiny Germs
	Germs are everywhere else, why not at the science fair? Find out more about germs and how to fight them in these 11 experiments.

	Pinchuk, Amy
	Make Amazing Toy and Game Gadgets
	Put your electrical and engineering knowledge to the test as you make your own spy camera, a pair of shades so cool they light up in the dark, and many other awesome gadgets.

	Potter, Jean
	Science in Seconds for Kids
	Make lightning in your room, keep paper dry underwater, and make a rainbow on your floor—all this and more in this collection of 108 activities you can do in 10 minutes or less.

	Rhatigan, Joe
	Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, Splatter & Ooze
	Filled with fizzy, foamy fun these 50 classic experiments show just how cool chemistry can be.

	Salvatore Tocci
	Experiments with Sports
	Check this out if you want to find the "sweet spot" on a baseball bat or pick the pair of sneakers that’ll increase your speed on the field.

	Scientific American Inc. and Marc Rosner
	Scientific American Great Science Fair Projects
	Create rain and non-Newtonian fluids, build underwater periscopes, photograph lunar eclipses and much, much more by following these experiments adapted from the pages of Scientific American’s “Amateur Scientist” column.

	VanCleave, Janice
	Janice VanCleave’s Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow: Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight
	If you’ve waited ‘til the last minute, never fear—there’s a project here for the scientist with a tight deadline!