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Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Consult astronomers for opinions and advice. Devise a mathematical argument regarding the probability of other planets supporting extra-terrestrial life.

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

This science project challenges high school students to study the linguistic evolution of text messaging.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

This science project challenges students to study the salt content in tap water and learn about electrochemistry.

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

This science fair project challenges students to research vortices occurring in nature and then create their own vortex.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

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

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

Use applied math to model orbital eccentricity in this cool science fair project for 7th grade.

In this physics project, you'll learn how to find the maximum height of a projectile using some math and trigonometry.

Make stunning pendulum waves and learn the math behind the patterns generated with this cool and easy science project.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

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

Determine the maximum distance traveled by projectiles launched at an angle. Use some cool math to figure out at which angle your projectile will go farthest.

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!

Dig into the physics of pool to explore some cool applied math and learn about what happens in an elastic collision of equal masses.

A math project teaches students to use a clinometer to gauge the height of very tall objects like trees & to think of better ways to measure how high they are.

This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

Score a bull's eye with this cool science fair project on horizontal projectile motion. Guide a marble to its target and predict its trajectory using math!

Kids use applied math to build and test a parabolic mirror solar hot dog cooker in this cool engineering science fair project idea for middle school.