In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.