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

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

In this project, the affect of acid rain is simulated by the acid, vinegar.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

The project determines which type of birds prefer which type of birdseed.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

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

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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.

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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 experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

This science fair project idea is develops new or improved paper making techniques and encourages recycling.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

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.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

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