Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

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