This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

In science fair projects, middle school students discover why nitrogen fixing bacteria are important to plant growth.

Study how we perceive color by exploring optical illusions such as pointillism, digital images, and Ishihara tests.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Scavenger Hunt! Check out this fun science fair project idea to explore the difference between opaque, translucent, and transparent objects around your house.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

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.

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

In this design challenge, students will be tasked with creating a bouncy ball polymer!

This science fair project determines what effect substances have on ice, and which of these products most effectively melts ice.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

This experiment investigates whether the Ranschburg Effect is observed more frequently in older or younger adults.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

This science fair project examines the different composition of fungi and plants.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Science fair project that compares leaf pigments of various tree species. Which tree species do you think will have the most pigments and why?

Science fair project that determines what neurons are, what they do and compiles this vital information in an illustrated book.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.