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Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

In this experiment, you'll make a seafloor spreading model to learn more about how plate tectonics work and create mid-ocean ridges.

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

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

This science fair project idea examines whether the colors of the spectrum respond differently in the thermal aspect when radiated by the sun.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

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.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.