Does skin thickness really decrease fruit spoilage? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

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

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Learn how to demagnetize a magnet and how physics can explain this phenomenon with this enlightening science fair project.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Science fair project that identifies the differences between soils from different environments and attempts to figure out why those differences exist.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.