Elementary School Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 13

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

Does skin thickness really decrease fruit spoilage? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.