Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

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

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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

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

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

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

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

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!

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

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

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.

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

Science fair project which teaches you about the principles of physics within a vacuum by creating a vacuum chamber.

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

This science fair project idea researches the different layers of the atmosphere and creates a visual representation of the atmospheric layers.