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In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

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.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Learn about savanna flora and fauna in this science project! Take a look at characteristics of tropical grassland plants and animals that help them survive.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

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

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

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

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

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