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Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

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

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.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

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.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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?

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

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

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

Discover flight initiation distance as you play around in the park with this fun bird watching project!

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.

In this experiment, you'll make a seafloor spreading model to learn more about how plate tectonics work and create mid-ocean ridges.

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!

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.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.