Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

This science fair project idea researches the different layers of the atmosphere and creates a visual representation of the atmospheric layers.

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

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Is there a relationship between caffeine and heart rate? Students will determine the effect of caffeine on heart rate in this fun science fair project.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.