This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

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

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

This science fair project idea studies which brand of wintergreen candy produces the most sparks in the dark.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

Is cleaning with lemon effective? Get ready to give this science project some elbow grease and find out if acidic lemons can be used as a cleaning agent.

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

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

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

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

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.