1st - 6th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 22

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

Science fair project that helps you better understand density by comparing the relative densities of cans of Coke and Diet Coke.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

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

Science fair project which determines whether it is numerically possible to be connected to every person on the earth within six degrees of separation.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

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

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

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

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 fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.