Showing Results for comparing-three-digit--old

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

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.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

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

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

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

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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.”

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

This science fair project idea highlights decomposition rates by comparing how long it takes an item to decompose in a compost pile vs. a landfill.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.

What's the chemistry behind dyeing Easter eggs? Will adding vinegar to dye help the eggshell absorb the color? This colorful science project has the answers!

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

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.