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

Set your teen on the beat in a real world "crime scene" investigation. Can he tell whose fingerprints are on a drinking glass?

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

Help your third grader make the Scoop 'N Catch--a great choice for a fun and inexpensive afternoon.

Future whistleblowers can learn about product safety standards with this exercise in writing and researching.

Here are three healthy burger recipes your second grader can help you whip up for a summer barbecue!

Here's a DIY arts and crafts project that has your teen constructing a letterpress to make her own gorgeous, unique art prints!

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

The project researches how lubricants affect the mechanical advantage of a pulley.

Here's an activity that uses second-semester high school algebra to determine which pizza gives you the most bang for your appetite. Here's how to get started:

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore various aspects of projectile motions like mass, angle and distance.

Is garlic antibacterial? Antimicrobial? Kids find out by using common kitchen equipment and ingredients in this cool and easy microbiology science fair project.

Explore the neural and mental mechanisms at play in mental imagery.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Slime mold is no longer classified as fungi! So what is it? In this cool science fair project, learn how to grow slime mold and explore its behavior.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

Look for a correlation between temperature and the intensity of cricket chirping. Measure ambient temperature and sound intensity in decibels.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Learn about our response to scents that existed in our environment over evolutionary time and consider why scents might affect our mood state.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

This fascinating science fair project explores eye color genotypes.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

Explore this fun middle school science fair idea to learn about photosynthesis and the key role of light in the growth of green plants.

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.