Explore the role of starches as thickening agents in food, and learn about the chemical properties of starch in the process.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

This science fair idea examines hydrogel superabsorbent polymer crystals. They can absorb 500 times their weight in water. Can they absorb other liquids too?

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Does your child know that salt water conducts electricity? This simple experiment will show how salt water acts as a conductor to electrical currents.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

This experiment investigates whether the psychological phenomenon of the halo effect can be used to explain people's perceptions of others.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

There is debate about whether chalkboards or whiteboards are better. This experiment explores which leads to better retention of visually-displayed information.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Build an electroscope, a simple device that measures static electricity, or the freely flowing electrical charges of the atmosphere!

This project uses science and art to help students learn and teach others about Earth's endangered and extinct species.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

This experiment investigates if stress alters body temperature.

In this science fair experiment about recycling, demonstrate how the wax from a candle can be reused to make another candle.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.