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Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

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

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

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.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.