Year two Science Fair Project Ideas
As 1st graders embark upon their elementary school careers, they'll be brimming with curiosity and an eagerness to learn about the world around them. Education.com's collection of year 2 science projects not only encourages kids to ask questions about their world, but gives them the tools they need to seek answers. Our year two science experiments can easily be accomplished at home in under 30 minutes with basic materials, and our year two science fair project ideas provide young scientists with safe scientific procedures that make for fantastic presentations.
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Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
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Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
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The Speed of Sound on a String
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The Speed of Sound on a String
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
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Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to kindergarten and early elementary children.
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
In this project combining nature, art, maths, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
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Taste Perception
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Taste Perception
This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.
Year 2
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How Do Weather Conditions Affect How Fast a Puddle Evaporates?
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How Do Weather Conditions Affect How Fast a Puddle Evaporates?
In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
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Feeding Plants
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Feeding Plants
This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
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What is Surface Tension?
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What is Surface Tension?
What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.
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Candy or Medicine?
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Candy or Medicine?
Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?
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Magic Comb
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Magic Comb
This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.
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Floating Rocks
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Floating Rocks
With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.
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Corrosiveness of Soda
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Corrosiveness of Soda
Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.
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How Tall Am I?
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How Tall Am I?
Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.
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Plants Form Water
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Plants Form Water
This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.
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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.
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Parachutes
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Parachutes
This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.
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Duck Feet
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Duck Feet
This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.
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Don't Be A Drag
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Don't Be A Drag
This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.
Year 4
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Making Plants Grow
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Making Plants Grow
The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.
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