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This science fair project idea examines eye color genetics and the role it plays in eye color inheritance.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

This fascinating science fair project explores eye color genotypes.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Learn how to use the Punnett Square to predict the gene combinations of dominant and recessive traits in this fun and easy genetics science project!

Use applied math to model orbital eccentricity in this cool science fair project for 7th grade.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

Dig into the physics of pool to explore some cool applied math and learn about what happens in an elastic collision of equal masses.

This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

Kids use applied math to build and test a parabolic mirror solar hot dog cooker in this cool engineering science fair project idea for middle school.

Study and categorize the functions and types of genes. Run gene experiments chosen from links. Analyze data, explain ideas in a detailed report.

Can you wink? Is your ability to wink genetic or simply based on chance? Find out in this science fair project idea!

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

Would you be able to tell the difference between colored contacts and natural eyes from a normal distance? Find out in this science fair project!

Devise an argument for or against the possibility of resurrectin extinct species through DNA manipulation. Analyze data, report findings.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea explores whether certain physical and mental traits run in the family.

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Design a hearing protection device to protect their ears from loud noises. Examine the properties of current protective hearing devices, materials.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

High school kids learn about fruit fly ethology in this cool lab that determines fruit fly movement and behavior under different conditions. Check it out.

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.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Determine whether the relationship between a personâs armspan and height are genetic.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic chemical produced by the Black Walnut tree to a commercial herbicide in stopping the growth of a shrub.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

Show your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby "stuff"--or DNA--of life!