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You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

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.

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

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

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

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Science fair project which measures whether tsunamis are more destructive when they are caused by an earthquake or by a meteor.

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

This science fair project examines which fruits and/or vegetables will ripen prematurely when placed with ripe apples.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

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

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Science fair project which examines the relationship between frequency of spider web vibration and spider's response time.

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

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

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.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.