Fudge is one of very few desserts people make at home that is actually crystalline. What happens when the fudge crystallizes at different temperatures?

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Explore this fun science fair project idea to investigate different microclimates in and around your home and their effects on the plant and animal life.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Make pickled carrots at home! Here's a fun activity to get your child in the kitchen and make something special with no fuss or muss.

Learn about calorimetry, make a bomb calorimeter, and experiment with combusting different nuts to see which one produces the most energy!

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.

Determine whether magic salt is more effective at melting snow than regular salt. Pour one ounce of salt over the ice cubes, compare the melt downs.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

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

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

Plants help keep a house cool! This article includes step-by-step instructions for completing this fun and interesting science experiment.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

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

Free science fair project idea that examines air pollution in local environments. Particles are trapped by petroleum jelly on microscope slides.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Check out is fun science fair project idea to learn about heat transfer and why certain insulating materials are more practical than others.

This science fair project determines what effect substances have on ice, and which of these products most effectively melts ice.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate whether cooking seeds before planting will speed up germination and growth.

Check out this fun science project to explore the relationship between solubility, drug absorption, and time required for a drug effect to become apparent.

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Check out this cool middle school science fair project idea to determine if shopping carts are really carriers of harmful bacteria.

Science fair project that examines various techniques for removing wrinkles from polyester garments to understand why polyester garments become wrinkled.