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Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

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

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.

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.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Determine how good we are at direct and indirect observation.

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

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

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

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

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

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

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

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

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

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

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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 investigates food preference of birds.