But a 6th grader’s science fair project proves otherwise. "Scientists were doing plenty of tests on them, but they just always assumed they were in the ocean," 13-year-old Lauren Arrington told NPR.

By showing that lionfish can live in fresh water, 12 year-old Lauren Arrington has alerted ecologists to the potential for these fish to migrate upstream ...

Shane Satterlee, a Litchfield Middle school sixth grade social studies and science teacher, asked his students to formulate a question before Christmas break and answer it using the scientific ...

Students at MMI Preparatory School were recently honored for their achievements in the sixth-grade Science Fair. The projects were graded on the criteria of scientific thought, experimental ...

Sparta Meadowview Middle School sixth-grader Kaeli Rank, right, demonstrates how liquids interact while presenting her science fair project on spherification, the process where cooks uses chemical ...

STERLING — Approximately 77 sixth grade students at Sterling Middle School participated in a science fair at the school on Tuesday.

ELKINS PARK, Pa. (WPVI) -- For the fifth year, students at Elkins Park School took part in a science fair. 350 6th grade students worked on their assignments all semester. The projects aimed to ...

Oh no! Is your child getting ready for the 6th-grade science fair? Not to worry — we've rounded up some of the best project ideas to get you started.

Editor's note on July 24: The original headline on this page was "Sixth-Grader's Science Fair Finding Shocks Ecologists." We've changed the headline to better reflect the effect Lauren's project ...

Twenty-four MMI students completed projects as a part of the annual science fair. Sixth-grade students learn about life sciences as part of MMI’s middle-school curriculum.