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This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?