It's that time of the year again! Time to create, design and carry out a science project for the school science fair. Stumped? Don't worry this article will help you plan a 5th grade project in science.

Here is a great 5th grade science fair project idea:

Every 5th grade project in science needs these important sections: title, materials, purpose (of the experiment), hypothesis (what you think is going to happen), procedure, results and conclusion. For this 5th grade science fair project idea:

Title: Come up with your own title!

Purpose: We all heard the saying water and oil do not mix. Why? Water and oil are both liquids and should mix like liquids. What will happen when we actually test this saying and mix oil and water? What will happen when we mix honey in? What will happen when when place objects in this mixture?

Hypothesis: This section is for your predictions. What do you think will happen when you pour the liquids in the jars? What do you think would happen to the objects? When you place objects into water, they usually sink. Do you think this will happen when you place objects in liquids that are not water? Don't worry about being right! Hypothesis can be wrong, after all you need to do the experiment to find out.

Materials: For this 5th grade science fair project idea, you will need

1. honey
2. small objects of different weights such as paper clips, coins, toys, marbles, etc.
3. two different jars that are at least 8 inches tall
4. water
5. vegetable oil
6. food coloring

Procedure:

1. Pour honey into one jar so it is 2 inches high.
2. Food color the water (pick whatever color you like best!) and then pour 2 inches of water into the same jar with the honey.
3. Then add oil to the same jar, 2 inches high again.
4. Pour the liquids in reverse order in the second jar. (oil, water, honey)
5. Put the objects in one jar. See what happens to the objects after 10 minutes, one hour, two hours.
6. Repeat step five for objects in the second jar.

Results: What happened? Describe everything. You don't need to include explanations of why something occurred. Make sure to bring to jars to the science fair!

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John Liu is currently studying at Cornell University.