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

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

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

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

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

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 examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic affects of juglone, a chemical agent produced by the Black Walnut tree, on two plants.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

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

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

This science fair project examines which fruits and/or vegetables will ripen prematurely when placed with ripe apples.

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 project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

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

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