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How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.