Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

The purpose of this science fair project is to study the properties of sugar and examine individual preferences for sugar and other sweeteners.

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

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

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

Could there be toxic chemicals lurking in the cupboards and closets of your home?

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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

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!

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!