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In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

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

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

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

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

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

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

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

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

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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

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.

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

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 cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

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!

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.