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This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Crayons aren't just good for creating colorful masterpieces -- they're also great for science!

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.