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Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

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?

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.