1st - 6th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

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

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties & interactions of sugar molecules.

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

This middle school science fair project determines whether DNA is most easily extracted from under-ripe, ripe, or over-ripe strawberries.

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

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a car that can be powered by a balloon!

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

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.

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

In this fun experiment, we'll find out how color affects heat absorption!

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

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

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

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.