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For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Create a unique and colorful Mother's Day gift that Mom can use all year. Upcycle a tea tin by wrapping it with Washi tape!

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

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

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

This science fair project idea examines whether the colors of the spectrum respond differently in the thermal aspect when radiated by the sun.