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When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

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

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

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

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.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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