Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 10

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

This science fair project examines how carnivorous plants digest insects, and whether the plant can use nitrogen in the soil to compensate for lack of insects.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to examine light refraction as it passes through liquid crystals.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

In this experiment, you will be making your own paper flashlight by conducting electricty with graphite.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

The goal of this science fair project is to attempt to build a perpetual motion machine and analyze the Laws of Thermodynamics.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

This science fair project tested various nose cones to determine which would be the most ideal shape for propelling a water rocket.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine whether Green Bags, with or without refrigeration, are most effective in preserving food.

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Determine which material produces the strongest static charge.

The goal of this science fair project is to determine which cheese grows mold the fastest: Vermont Cheddar, American, Brie, or Camembert?

Science fair project that tests how well various sunscreens protect skin from the sunâs ultraviolet radiation by measuring their effect on sun-sensitive paper.

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

In this science fair project on the relationship between distance and time, kids explore the behavior of gravitational acceleration through direct observation.

The Galileo inclined plane physics experiment was one of the first ways scientists calculated acceleration due to gravity. Do it yourself in this project!

Science fair project that evaluates how well clothing fabrics block UV radiation by examining the properties of different fabrics.

Check out this free high school science fair project to explore the physics of the Coriolis effect with a homemade Foucault Pendulum.