120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
10 projects for Grade 6
Pick a question about everyday life, design a fair experiment to answer it, and present your results.
60 to 90 min · 4 materialsView projectPlay a two-dice game, collect the results, and discover which player has the better chance of winning.
40 to 60 min · 3 materialsView projectConnect gears of different sizes and discover how the number of teeth changes speed and turning force.
40 to 65 min · 4 materialsView projectBalance a ruler on a pencil and discover the rule for how weight and distance work together.
40 to 60 min · 5 materialsView projectBuild a tall tower from straws or balsa that holds the most weight for the least mass.
1 to 2 hr · 7 materialsView projectBuild a marble track with hills and a loop, and measure how height, friction and energy change the ride.
1 to 1.7 hr · 6 materialsView projectSurvey your family and friends, find the mean, median and mode, and decide which one tells the story best.
45 to 70 min · 5 materialsView projectAdd weight to the nose of a paper airplane and measure how it changes the distance it flies.
45 to 60 min · 5 materialsView projectWrite step-by-step commands to guide a human robot through a floor maze, then improve your code with loops.
40 to 60 min · 4 materialsView projectWrite instructions for building a hidden object so well that a partner can rebuild it without ever seeing it.
40 to 60 min · 5 materialsView projectEduVistaHQ.com · Learn • Explore • Grow. Olympiad-inspired activities are practice for the skills those competitions use. EduVistaHQ is not affiliated with Science Olympiad or any other competition organization.