1st - 4th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 16

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.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

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.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

The purpose of this science fair project is to study the properties of sugar and examine individual preferences for sugar and other sweeteners.

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.