This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

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

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 talking to a plant will help it grow.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

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

This science fair project idea highlights decomposition rates by comparing how long it takes an item to decompose in a compost pile vs. a landfill.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Do hand soaps and sanitizers prevent the growth of bread mold? If so, why? Kids will find out with this fun and informative science fair project idea.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.