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In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

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.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.