Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 27

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

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

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Calculate the mass of the Earth using the sidereal and calendar period of the Moon and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation in this physics science project!

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

Science fair project in which you will graft branches from different fruit tree onto a root stalk.

Compare different remedies for cooling the mouth after eating spicy food.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

Check out this fun science project idea to measure the amount of vitamin C in ripe, half-ripe, unripe and stored oranges.

Can you imagine a sky filled with bright, colorful bubbles? Make this whimsical scene come alive with bubble science!

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

Look for correlation between pH values of commercial soaps and detergents and manufacturer claims about eye irritation hazards.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

This science fair project idea explores how much force is needed to move a lever at different distances from the fulcrum.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

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

This experiment uses personality assessments to evaluate the prevalence of specific character traits in left-handed and right-handed people

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore non-chemical means of preserving fruits by using thermotherapy.

Measure the porosity of rocks by submerging them in water. Measure how much water each rock "drank," by measuring the difference in water volume.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Science fair project in which you will build your own algae photobioreactor which will meet the physiological requirements of algae for maximum growth.