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This science fair project idea creates an underwater habitat and explores the basic needs of living things under water.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

Determine how good we are at direct and indirect observation.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Determine which environment keeps an ice cube frozen for the longest duration. Inspect and record your observations when cubes melt.

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

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!

Research hemispheric brain dominance in order to determine if you have a dominant side. Test foot, ear dominance. Record observations.

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

This science fair project idea shows how a vibrating object transfers energy to whatever it touches.

Determine the efficiency of multi-tasking by comparing how long it takes students to complete different tasks. Collate data, complete Summary Chart.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

The goal of this science fair project is to determine which cheese grows mold the fastest: Vermont Cheddar, American, Brie, or Camembert?

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Explore this fun middle school science fair idea to learn about photosynthesis and the key role of light in the growth of green plants.

This science fair project examines whether ocean water can be made safe to drink.

Determine how different measurements of the same object might yield different values. Provide as many reasons that you can think of.

Determine if certain colors of light are more effective for photosynthesis. Plant seeds in cardboard boxes with different light, record visible growth.

The objective of this science project is to investigate patterns in fingerprints among family members.

introduction to organic chemistry. study what happens when polymer molecules are mixed with borax solution.

This science fair project idea investigates food preference of birds.

The purpose of this science project is to investigate which will grow larger plants: compost, soil and Miracle - Gro, a mixture of both.