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

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This science fair project idea examines whether the colors of the spectrum respond differently in the thermal aspect when radiated by the sun.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

This light bulb science project includes step-by-step instructions for testing the heat from different light bulbs.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

Would your dog prefer homemade or store-bought food? Raw or cooked? Test your dog's preferred diet in this fun experiment.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Can a toy car determine the strength of a magnet? In this cool magnet science fair project, young scientists will learn how to measure the strength of a magnet.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

This science fair project idea highlights decomposition rates by comparing how long it takes an item to decompose in a compost pile vs. a landfill.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

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.