1st - 6th Grade Science Activities : Page 22

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Wind is an important source of renewable, green energy. The purpose of this science fair project is to build and operate a windmill generator.

Would your dog prefer homemade or store-bought food? Raw or cooked? Test your dog's preferred diet in this fun experiment.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

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

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Learn about the role of Earth's rotation on the Coriolis Effect and hurricanes in this science project. Model the Coriolis Effect on a hurricane's direction.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

Science fair project that compares the ecology of different soil samples by identifying which sample has the most invertebrates living in it.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

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.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.