1st - 4th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 5

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

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

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

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.

Kids build a desert food chain, desert food web, and desert food pyramid in this cool science fair project to learn about trophic levels and consumers.

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

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

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

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!

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Students will investigate the thermal conductivity of metals by learning how to measure thermal conductivity with this fun and easy science fair project idea.