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

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

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

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

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 science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

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.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

This science fair project focuses on a polymer called hydrogel super absorbent crystal which absorbs water, swelling to many times its original size.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.