Showing Results for electricity

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate different ways to generate static electricity and record its effects.

What's the relationship between temperature, air humidity and static electricity? Kids will find out with this free static electricity science fair project.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Does electricity move better through thick wires or thin ones? kids will conduct this classic electricity experiment for this science fair project.

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.