Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

This science fair project focuses on a polymer called hydrogel super absorbent crystal which absorbs water, swelling to many times its original size.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

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

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

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.

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

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

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

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.

Science fair project that compares the ecology of different soil samples by identifying which sample has the most invertebrates living in it.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.