This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

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

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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

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

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

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.