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Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Discover flight initiation distance as you play around in the park with this fun bird watching project!

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!