Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

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

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

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!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

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

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.