Science Activities : Page 3

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Kids will make a homemade electroscope and explain how it detects static charges through induction in this fun science fair project idea.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

This project explores whether there is an effect on people, including heart rate and self-expressed mood, when they are exposed to different types of music.

What is vegetative reproduction? Find out how you can clone plants and regrow cabbage from a stem in this cool experiment!

Science fair project in which you will create your electricity by making a homemade battery using salt water, a nail, and a copper wire.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Science fair project which identifies the most effective insulator that you could use to make a winter coat by comparing how well cloth and cotton trap heat.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

High school students recreate Michael Faraday's experiment in this cool science fair project that induces current in a coil of wire.

Boiling water in a paper cup is possible because of convection and the thermal properties of water and paper. Learn how with this fun science fair project idea.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

Kids learn about Brownian motion, diffusion, and how temperature is a key factor affecting the rate of diffusion in this cool science project.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

This experiment explores the question of whether age and/or gender play a role in people's ability to remember dreams.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Learn about how sugar fermentation and growing yeast in this easy science project! Yeast is a eukaryotic microbe that puts the fun in fungus!

This experiment evaluates if a noisy environment makes it harder for test subjects to perform tasks that require hand-eye coordination.