Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

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.

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.

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.

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

In this project, waves of vibrations are experimented with using water in glasses.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

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

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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.

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

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.

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!