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Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

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

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

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!

Science fair project which teaches you about the principles of physics within a vacuum by creating a vacuum chamber.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

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