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In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

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.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

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

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!