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Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

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

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

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

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Set off an a science adventure as you prepare a row of bee homes for your new visitors.

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

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.