Preschool - 4th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 8

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

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

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

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

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.

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

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

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

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

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

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 what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

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

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.