2nd - 8th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 22

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

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

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

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

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

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

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

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

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Set off an a science adventure as you prepare a row of bee homes for your new visitors.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

What can you do with hair after its cut? This science project teaches you practical uses for human hair.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!