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Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Discover flight initiation distance as you play around in the park with this fun bird watching project!

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

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

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

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

This science fair project idea measures the growth of bread dough and finds out how long it takes for the dough to stop rising.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

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!

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Science fair project which teaches you about the principles of physics within a vacuum by creating a vacuum chamber.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.