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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.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

While your cells are much too small to see without a microscope, you can create the look of a cell in your very own home with just an egg and vinegar!

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!

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.