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Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

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.

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.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

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.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

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

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.