Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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?

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

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.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

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.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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!

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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.

This science fair project idea creates a sedimentary rock and to investigate what takes place during the rock cycle.