An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

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!

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Take a dive into the candy jar with this yummy science experiment.

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

Students will investigate the thermal conductivity of metals by learning how to measure thermal conductivity with this fun and easy science fair project idea.

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

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.

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

Does dough rise faster with unbleached or bleached flour? Investigate in this science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.