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

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.

Get this cool science fair idea to explore how arctic tundra animals change their behavior and adapt to survive in long, cold winters.

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!

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.

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

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

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

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.

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

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

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.