Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

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.

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.