Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.