Take advantage of the summer sun to make you and your child a delightfully refreshing treat--sun tea!

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

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

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

How do the phases of the Moon and gravity cause spring tides and neap tides? Does the Sun play a role in the tides? Figure it out in this fun science project!

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Decorated with glittery spiderwebs that sparkle like dew in the sun, these handmade note cards make great thank you cards or simply "thinking of you" cards.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

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

In this arts and crafts activity, you and your child will create colorful three-dimensional artwork using scrunched-up fabric pieces.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Follow these easy instructions to make a working sundial with your kid! Find out what other cool things the Aztecs created in this activity.

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.

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.