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

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Demonstrate how to tell the age of an egg without having to crack it open.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

This science fair project idea explores if the length of the string that an object is suspended on has an effect on how fast or slow it swings.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

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

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

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

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

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