This science fair project idea examines the actual cost of three household light bulbs by testing energy consumption.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This project explores how and how much one family can reduce the amount of garbage they accumulate over a three month period.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

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

The project compares three different methods of testing turbidity in water: the secchi disk, spectrophotometer, and turbidity test kit.

How do crystals form? In this science fair project, students will use three different saturated solutions to see how different minerals form crystals over time.

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws