The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

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

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

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!

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

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.