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Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

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.

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

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

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.

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 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.

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

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.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

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

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

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.