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In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

The goal of this science fair project is to identify the galactic center of the milky way using globular clusters, as found through Google Earth.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Kids make strong bubbles to investigate the effect different additives have on bubble life in this cool science fair project idea.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

This experiment explores the most common colors that appear among a sample of crossbred guppies.

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.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Explore the neural and mental mechanisms at play in mental imagery.

Investigate the different ways in which objects and organisms can be classified, create your own. then have volunteers classify using their own systems.

In this cool science fair project, kids apply basic algebra to learn how to make a PVC pipe instrument while exploring concepts like frequency and resonance.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.