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A great science fair project on solar oven design that helps kids learn about solar power and solar heating.

The objective of this project is to examine the ways in which a passive solar house may contribute to conservation of energy.

What direction should solar panels face? It's not the direction you might think! This free and enlightening science fair project helps kids discover the answer.

This science fair project idea determines whether land or water warms more quickly and investigates how solar radiation increases the temperature of surfaces.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

Determine whether a hot liquid cools off faster when liquid is added before or after a two minute wait.

This potato cannon activity teaches your middle schooler about the principle of Boyle's Law. Make a potato cannon and have a blast learning about science.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

If your Father's Day festivities include meeting up with extended family, why not put all the dads to the test with a chili cook-off?

Bake some cookies with an oven that collects sunlight and traps the shorter wavelengths (heat!).

This project concerns activity happening millions of miles away, on the sun.

Science fair project that determines how UV radiation emitted by the sun varies depending on the time of day, using a handheld UV detector

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

Demonstrate the capillary function in plants by adding food coloring to glasses of water. Slice stalks of celery and leafy tops. Compare color of leaves

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

Determine which metal has the highest rate of conductivity.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Teach your child what a sugar plum is with this easy recipe that gets your child to chop, mix, and roll his way to a delicious treat.

How do cold packs work? Explore endothermic reactions by comparing the temperature change that results from various chemicals added to water to find out!

This science fair project idea determines which flower lasts the longest.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Examine the connection between temperature and chemiluminescence.

Dive into the world of cooking oil and smoke points to discover just how fast some oils start smoking.

Explore how you can achieve magnetic levitation with the Meissner Effect! This cool science project explains formation and applications of a superconductor.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.