Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 7

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Boiling water in a paper cup is possible because of convection and the thermal properties of water and paper. Learn how with this fun science fair project idea.

Science fair project that examines how light wavelengths affect photosynthesis in the aquatic plant: Elodea.

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.

Explore how you can achieve magnetic levitation with the Meissner Effect! This cool science project explains formation and applications of a superconductor.

Learn about calorimetry, make a bomb calorimeter, and experiment with combusting different nuts to see which one produces the most energy!

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

This project involves the programming and development of a 3D Rubik's Cube application using C++.

This science fair project tested various nose cones to determine which would be the most ideal shape for propelling a water rocket.

Check out this fun leaf chromatography science fair project idea for middle school students and discover the hidden pigments in leaves.

High school students learn about resistance, resistivity, and if copper is the best metal conductor in this great physics science fair project idea.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating an insulated cup that will keep beverages colder for longer than a regular cup.

Study the effect of music on random rote memory. Examine the practical application of music in learning and education.

High school students recreate Michael Faraday's experiment in this cool science fair project that induces current in a coil of wire.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

In this science fair project on the relationship between distance and time, kids explore the behavior of gravitational acceleration through direct observation.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Use a dichotomous key to identify plants or animals.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

What is a barycenter? Kids learn how gravity and mass influence the orbit of binary systems like planets and moons or stars and planets in this cool experiment.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Learn how the focal length of a lens affects a magnifying glass's magnifying power in this cool science fair project idea for 8th grade.

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

Learn about the greenhouse effect- and get great science fair experiment ideas. Read more.

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Kids will make a homemade electroscope and explain how it detects static charges through induction in this fun science fair project idea.

In science fair projects, middle school students discover why nitrogen fixing bacteria are important to plant growth.

How does mold grow? Kids find out by testing different conditions to measure mold growth rate and learn about what factors cause mold to grow more quickly.