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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.

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

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!

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

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

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

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

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

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

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.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

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

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

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

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

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.

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.

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

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

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.