Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

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

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

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

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.