Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 40

Research active ingredients in anti-aging creams. Test skin creams on volunteers, document the effectiveness of the creams with before an after photographs.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Analytical chemists perform chromatography to separate colors into pigments. Test the food coloring used in M&M's and Skittles candy in this fun project!

This science fair project idea highlights decomposition rates by comparing how long it takes an item to decompose in a compost pile vs. a landfill.

How do crystals form? In this science fair project, students will use three different saturated solutions to see how different minerals form crystals over time.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Demonstrate if cooking destroys all bacteria that is present in raw meats such as salmonella.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Science fair project that explains and demonstrates the parallax principle.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

This science fair project idea investigates how images are influenced by changes in light.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Polymers remove oil from contaminated waters. The purpose of this science project is to test the effectiveness of a polymer in cleaning up an oil spill.

In this science project idea learn about working of different types of smoke detectors and find out which one is the most effective for you.

Evaluate whether birth order influences personality.

Examine the presence of seeds in open fields. Collect seeds on socks by walking through open fields of grass or other growth. Germinate seeds on socks

The objective of this science project is to investigate why NASA has been using aerogel for the Stardust Project for collecting gas and dust from comets.

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

Wind is an important source of renewable, green energy. The purpose of this science fair project is to build and operate a windmill generator.

Science fair project idea examines different techniques for memorization. Analyze results of memory tests to determine which method is most effective.

Examine the influence of the phase of the moon on moisture capillarity in garden soil. Measure and record the depth at which water is first detected.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Check out this fun science project idea to measure the amount of vitamin C in ripe, half-ripe, unripe and stored oranges.

This science fair project idea examines if there is a reason that musical notes are at the pitches they are.

Explore joule heating and resistance vs. temperature with this cool electricity science fair project that gets kids melting ice cubes with resistors.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

Are you ready to pilot your own airplane? Well, then take to the skies with this high-flying project!

Study and categorize the functions and types of genes. Run gene experiments chosen from links. Analyze data, explain ideas in a detailed report.