Kindergarten - 4th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 17

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

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

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.

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!

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

The purpose of this study is to determine if people can tell the difference between organic and conventional food from looking at, smelling and tasting it.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Science fair project that teaches you about chemical indicators and how to make your own in order to identify various mystery solutions.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

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

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

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.