This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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!

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

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

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.