Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

What is condensation? Little mad scientists will learn about condensation, states of matter, and air pressure by conducting this cool science experiment.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

This science fair project idea explores whether boiling and freezing water will have an effect on how much it weighs.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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!

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Science fair project that helps you better understand density by comparing the relative densities of cans of Coke and Diet Coke.

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.