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This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Students will investigate the thermal conductivity of metals by learning how to measure thermal conductivity with this fun and easy science fair project idea.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

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

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

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

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.