Fifth Grade Science Fair Project Ideas
Choose from many individual fifth grade science fair project ideas below the blue drop-down menu. You can also use the drop-down menu to browse projects by grade fifth grade and/or specific subject area. To get you started, we have included a sampling of some of our most popular science fair project articles with numerous topics and ideas per article immediately below.
How Good is Your Sense of Smell?
The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if family members can recognize one another using only the sense of smell.
Food Circles and Nutrient Density
Do some foods pack more nutrients into less calories than others? In this experiment you will learn more about the foods that you eat, and learn which ones are healthier choices.
Comparison of Programming to Advertising Content
The objective of this experiment is to determine whether there is more advertising content per hour during the day in comparison to the evening prime-time viewing.
Hot Dog Mummy
The ancient Egyptians used a process known as mummification to preserve dead bodies so that their spirits could use them in the afterlife. In this experiment you will replicate this process, using common household goods in order to mummify a hotdog.
Bad Vibrations: How Do Webs Help Spiders Get Prey?
How does a spider catch its prey? They use vibration in the webs to sense whether their prey has been caught. In this experiment you will determine whether frequency affects how quickly a spider reacts to vibrations in its web
The Relationship between Toilet Paper Ply and Strength
Toilet paper with more layers, or ply, is more expensive. Is the cost really worth the difference when it comes to the strength of the toilet paper? This project investigates the relationship between strength and one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.
Effects of Artificial Light and Sunlight on Plant Growth
The objective of this science fair project idea is to discover if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.
The Psychology of Feeling Watched
Have you ever felt someone behind you without looking? This psychology experiment is a group study examining the feeling of being watched.
Microscopic Life is Everywhere
Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to learn how to make a wet slide, use a microscope, and identify microscopic life.
To Leaf or Not to Leaf
In this experiment you will determine whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.
