Preschool - 7th Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 18

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.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

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

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Science fair project in which you will attempt to throw a ball the greatest horizontal distance possible by using different angles.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

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

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

Soil is made up of different layers. How far down do you need to dig to find the soil horizon, or the place where bits of leaves and branches become soil?

What is condensation? Little mad scientists will learn about condensation, states of matter, and air pressure by conducting this cool science experiment.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Discover how to make fake snot with this cool science fair project idea to learn about polymers, enzymes, and more.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

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

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.