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Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

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?

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.