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In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Explore concepts in current and coltage with these Van de Graaff generator experiments.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

By selecting a pattern and carefully repeating it on the entire surface of a pumpkin, your child will transform a simple garden vegetable into a work of art.

This cool physics demo illustrates the simple harmonic motion of a pendulum while teaching kids the important concepts of potential and kinetic energy.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Looking for a project on machines? Get a fun elementary school science fair project idea to design a compound machine using your knowledge of simple machines.

Kids learn how to make a simple electric motor in this great engineering science fair project that teaches them how current generates its own magnetic field.

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

This fun elementary school science fair project idea helps students in designing an amusement park using their knowledge of forces and simple machines.

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.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

see whether all liquids evaporate at the same rate. In other words, does water evaporate at the same rate as juice?

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

Here's a delicious activity that lets your preschooler or pre-kindergartener prepare her own fun and healthy snack using cookie cutters.

This science fair project idea focuses on two classes of sugars monosaccharides (fructose) and disaccharides (sucrose or table sugar).

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.