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Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate different ways to generate static electricity and record its effects.

What's the relationship between temperature, air humidity and static electricity? Kids will find out with this free static electricity science fair project.

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

Does electricity move better through thick wires or thin ones? kids will conduct this classic electricity experiment for this science fair project.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.