In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

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

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.