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

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

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 cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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.

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

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

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

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

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

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

This science fair project on testing water hardness is a great introduction to practical chemistry. Test and learn the difference between hard and soft water.