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This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

Explore how you can achieve magnetic levitation with the Meissner Effect! This cool science project explains formation and applications of a superconductor.

Learn how to relight a candle by lighting the vaporized wax in the smoke, and test how various kind of wax and candle brands relight differently.

Bake some cookies with an oven that collects sunlight and traps the shorter wavelengths (heat!).

Check out this cool science fair idea on why hard fruits become soft and learn how to compare the sugar content between ripe and unripe fruits.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

This fun science fair project idea explains what a circadian rhythm is and explores the types of biological activities that follow a 24 hour cycle in mammals.

Students identify variables that affect the duration of high school romances and analyze data to predict the success or failure of ongoing relationships.

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

This science fair project idea designs safe bicycle routes using GPS.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

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

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

This experiment demonstrates the conservation and transfer of energy using a marble rolling over sandpaper.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Evaluate whether people can raise the temperature of their finger using the power of their thoughts.

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

In this science fair project, students determine whether a bean plant grows faster and taller using a traditional soil planting method or hydroponic method.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!