Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

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.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!