5th and 6th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 2

What is vegetative reproduction? Find out how you can clone plants and regrow cabbage from a stem in this cool experiment!

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

This science fair project idea creates a sedimentary rock and to investigate what takes place during the rock cycle.

This experiment will evaluate if chewing gum affects students' test performance.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating an insulated cup that will keep beverages colder for longer than a regular cup.

Why do ants like sugar? Do ants like artificial sweeteners too? Kids find out with this great inquiry-based science fair project.

In science fair projects, middle school students discover why nitrogen fixing bacteria are important to plant growth.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

This experiment explores the question of whether age and/or gender play a role in people's ability to remember dreams.

Kids will love making sugar crystals in this sugar crystal science fair project which teaches important chemistry concepts like saturation and solubility.

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

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

This experiment evaluates if a noisy environment makes it harder for test subjects to perform tasks that require hand-eye coordination.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

This project will explore whether test subjects, deprived of points of reference, will, in attempting to walk a straight course, walk in circles.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

In this science fair project, learn how to make gears and find out why they transmit torques in predictable ways.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.