Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

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

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

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.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

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!

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.