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

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

This science fair project idea creates a sedimentary rock and to investigate what takes place during the rock cycle.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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.

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

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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!

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.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

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

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

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

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

Does skin thickness really decrease fruit spoilage? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.