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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
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?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Hot Dog Mummy
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Hot Dog Mummy
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.
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Hot Dog Mummy
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Hot Dog Mummy
In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Bubble Science
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Bubble Science
Pre-K
Life Science
This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!
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Bubble Science
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Bubble Science
This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.
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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Germs on Hands
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Germs on Hands
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.
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Germs on Hands
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Germs on Hands
In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
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How to Make Peanut Butter
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How to Make Peanut Butter
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!
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How to Make Peanut Butter
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How to Make Peanut Butter
Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Deer Behavior
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Deer Behavior
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.
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Deer Behavior
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Deer Behavior
This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
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Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Second Grade
Measurement
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
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How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
Second Grade
Measurement
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Rainbow in a Jar
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Rainbow in a Jar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.
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Rainbow in a Jar
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Rainbow in a Jar
Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
Second Grade
Measurement
When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?
Second Grade
Measurement
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Second Grade
Earth and Space Science
Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows
Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!
Second Grade
Earth and Space Science
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Like Oil And Vinegar
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Like Oil And Vinegar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.
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Like Oil And Vinegar
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Like Oil And Vinegar
This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Bust That Rust!
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Bust That Rust!
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.
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Bust That Rust!
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Bust That Rust!
These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Streak Test
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Streak Test
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
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Streak Test
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Streak Test
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Sinking Ships for Science
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Sinking Ships for Science
First Grade
Physical Science
Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!
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Sinking Ships for Science
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Sinking Ships for Science
Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!
First Grade
Physical Science
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Creatures That Bug Us
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Creatures That Bug Us
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.
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Creatures That Bug Us
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Creatures That Bug Us
There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Drum Size and Pitch
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Drum Size and Pitch
Second Grade
Physical Science
How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.
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Drum Size and Pitch
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Drum Size and Pitch
How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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