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This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

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

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

What's the relationship between temperature, air humidity and static electricity? Kids will find out with this free static electricity science fair project.

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.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

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

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

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

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

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.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.