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Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.