What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.