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

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

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.

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.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

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.

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?

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 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.

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 teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

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

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

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

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

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

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

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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