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Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

Does your child know that salt water conducts electricity? This simple experiment will show how salt water acts as a conductor to electrical currents.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Science fair project which helps you determine your latitude by using an astrolabe, which measures the angle between the North Star and the horizon.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Build basic projector out of ordinary materials. Create several color transparency slides, demonstrate your creation.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Learn how to make a ping pong ball anemometerâa device used to measure wind speedâin this free science fair project idea.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.