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

Learn about the effect of artificial light on plant growth versus natural sunlight and delve into some biology and botany concepts in this science project.

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

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.

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

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

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.

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

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.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.