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Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering her materials outside, and then using them to create a piece of art!

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

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?

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

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.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

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

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

While your cells are much too small to see without a microscope, you can create the look of a cell in your very own home with just an egg and vinegar!

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

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

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.