Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

This science fair project focuses on a polymer called hydrogel super absorbent crystal which absorbs water, swelling to many times its original size.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

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:

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.