Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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 activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.