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

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

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

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

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

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

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

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.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

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

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

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

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

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

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

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

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.