2nd - 8th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 11

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

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

Learn how to demagnetize a magnet and how physics can explain this phenomenon with this enlightening science fair project.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

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

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.