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Science fair project that determines how we can change potential energy into kinetic energy.

Choose a timeline to live without technology. Keep a journal of all the issues encountered. What are the benefits and cons of modern technology?

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

Bring back the groovy memories by making shrinky dinks using household materials, while learning about the science of plastics. Here's how to get started:

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

This cool physics demo illustrates the simple harmonic motion of a pendulum while teaching kids the important concepts of potential and kinetic energy.

This project uses toy cars to determine how friction and gravity affect cars and braking.

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

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This conservation of energy demonstration shows why the first hill is the highest on a roller coaster. Learn more about potential and kinetic energy!

Devise an argument for or against the possibility of resurrectin extinct species through DNA manipulation. Analyze data, report findings.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Can the force of air be used to propel a vehicle? This science experiment provides step-by-step instructions to help you answer this question.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

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

The objective of this science project is to investigate why NASA has been using aerogel for the Stardust Project for collecting gas and dust from comets.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Determine which material produces the strongest static charge.

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.