The actual factors affecting friction may surprise you! Learn about the coefficient of friction and put some trigonometry into practice in this science project.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

High school students learn about resistance, resistivity, and if copper is the best metal conductor in this great physics science fair project idea.

In this project, you'll create Oersted's experiment, which relates to how electric currents create magnetic fields.

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Discover the force of water! This article provides step-by-step instructions for creating your own science experiment.

Learn about what happens to a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field in this cool electromagnetism experiment!

Kids make an electromagnet in this electromagnetic induction experiment to learn about induction, current, and the right-hand rule.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Wind is an important source of renewable, green energy. The purpose of this science fair project is to build and operate a windmill generator.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Use an Elihu Thomson apparatus, also known as a ring launcher, to learn about electromagnetism concepts and the properties of various metals.

This science fair project investigates how temperature of a room affects the burn rate of a candle.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

This science fair project idea measures physical dexterity as a function of temperature.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

By dropping a magnet through a copper tube, kids observe the cool (and bizarre) braking effect produced by the eddy currents predicted by Lenz's law.

Check out this fun science fair project idea to learn how alkaline batteries convert chemical energy to electrical energy?

The goal of this science fair project was to evaluate the ElectroMagnetic Field produced by Radio Frequency Identification transmitters.

Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel! The purpose of this experiment is to identify a starch plant that produces the largest quantity of ethanol.

Here's an activity that uses second-semester high school algebra to determine which pizza gives you the most bang for your appetite. Here's how to get started:

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.