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This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

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 easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

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

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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

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

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

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

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.

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!