By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

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

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

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

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

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

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

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.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.