In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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.

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.

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.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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

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!

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.