Social Studies Science Projects

This project investigates whether chewing gum can help a majority of people with focus and concentration.

Can playing video games trigger an adrenaline rush even though there's no real danger? In this cool experiment you'll learn all about how fight-or-flight works!

This cool music science fair project idea has kids determine the effect of music on memory. Can music improve our cognitive abilities? Why or why not?

This science fair project idea investigates whether body language and heart rate can decipher who's lying and who's not.

This science fair project idea discovers the average time it takes for a person to remember something completely.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Evaluate gender differences in processing visual information.

What happens when "coffee-addicts" miss coffee for 1 day? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This science fair project idea determines the way in which color affects memorization.

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

Do dogs understand English? Kids will find out with one of our favorite dog science fair projects that tests how dogs process human language and other cues.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

This project examines the phenomenon of using a mirror to trick a person's brain into experiencing sensations in body parts not actually affected.

This project explores whether people's choice of a "random" number is not as random as it seems.

The objective of this science fair project is to determine whether there are gender differences when boys and girls view optical illusions.

This experiment will investigate whether reward or punishment is more apt to motivate people.

In this project students learn about the golden ratio and investigate if it can be used to predict people's assessment of beauty in others.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

This science project has students study the idea of human beauty.

In this science fair project, students evaluate if astrological signs provide clues about people's personalities.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Free science fair project idea that examines cheating in school-age children. Project involves a task in which children are tested on various tasks.

This project will explore whether music influences physical endurance.

Do people only "hear" what they want to hear? Explore pareidolia and psychoacoustics with this easy science fair project that pits melody against white noise.