Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

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!

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

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.

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

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

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.

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

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 demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.