Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to upper elementary students.

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

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

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

This middle school science fair project determines whether DNA is most easily extracted from under-ripe, ripe, or over-ripe strawberries.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

Why do ants like sugar? Do ants like artificial sweeteners too? Kids find out with this great inquiry-based science fair project.

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

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

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

This project explores whether there is an effect on people, including heart rate and self-expressed mood, when they are exposed to different types of music.

The buoyant force of water explains why some objects float in water. But why do some objects sink? Find out in this physics experiment and learn about density.

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.

This science fair project idea creates a sedimentary rock and to investigate what takes place during the rock cycle.

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

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

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

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

This experiment will evaluate if chewing gum affects students' test performance.

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.