5th and 6th Grade Science Projects Resources : Page 2

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

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.

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.

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.

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

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

This project examines Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion with a bicycle and water balloons.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

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.