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Learn about the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to the rest of the body.

This kids' activity is fun to perform and impressive to watch. Plus, it's a great example of Newton's First Law of Motion at work.

Determine the differences between various bicep exercises, both in terms of how much muscle exertion they create and how they affect your heart rate.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Leave your computer on 24/7. Will this lead to to more frequent crashes, freezes, and a slower processing speed? Find out in this science fair project idea.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Find out whether people within a family tend to have matching fingerprints.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

This science fair project idea discovers the effect of (high) heat on animal cells.

Science fair project which determines which colors of light allow plants to produce the most chlorophyll. How are color and light related to each other?

In science fair projects, middle school students discover why nitrogen fixing bacteria are important to plant growth.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Science fair project that explore how compound motion works by examining how gravity is affected by horizontal force.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!