Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

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

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

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

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.