In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

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

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

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.

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

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.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

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

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

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.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

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

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new 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.

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!

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

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

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

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

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.