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This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

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

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

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

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

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!

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

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.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

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

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.