Explore this fun middle school science fair idea to learn about photosynthesis and the key role of light in the growth of green plants.

Even for expert writers, this part of the college application process can be tough. Here's writing activity that will get your teen ready to tackle the task!

You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

Learn how to make sushi at home, and turn dinner into a social studies lesson for everyone.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Science fair project that studies how perfumes are made in order to determine how we can capture a scent.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Assess physical and mental states of subject before and after drinking coffee. Compare initial expectations with their reported conditions.

This science fair project idea examines reptile behavior and to determine whether reptiles are more active during warmer temperatures.

The goal of this science fair project is to evaluate the effect of heat on sound wave frequency.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

This science fair project determines what effect substances have on ice, and which of these products most effectively melts ice.

A science scavenger hunt can be a fun way to learn about science. Test your child's knowledge of scientific terms with this science scavenger hunt.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

Determine if certain colors of light are more effective for photosynthesis. Plant seeds in cardboard boxes with different light, record visible growth.

Learn about our response to scents that existed in our environment over evolutionary time and consider why scents might affect our mood state.

With friendship bracelets, facials, fortunes, and fondue, this slumber party will be a great kick-off to 2010.

Investigate the different ways in which objects and organisms can be classified, create your own. then have volunteers classify using their own systems.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

The project researches how lubricants affect the mechanical advantage of a pulley.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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

What is a series circuit and how does it work? Learn about voltage, electrical current, and resistors in this cool science experiment!

Check out this cool middle school science fair project idea to determine if shopping carts are really carriers of harmful bacteria.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

This optics-based science fair project idea teaches kids about real and virtual images with a mind-bending candle illusion inspired by Pepper's Ghost.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.