Showing Results for hands on learning

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

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.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

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

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

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

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.

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!

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

This science fair project on testing water hardness is a great introduction to practical chemistry. Test and learn the difference between hard and soft water.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

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.