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

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

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

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

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

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

This project involves the development of a website using free software online to promote the value of science.

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!

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!

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Consult mechanics, automotive specialists for advice. Build a real engine or a scale model. Test and demonstrate its mechanical properties.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

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

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Determine the differences between various bicep exercises, both in terms of how much muscle exertion they create and how they affect your heart rate.

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.