Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

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

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

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

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

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 science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

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 season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.