Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

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

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

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.

This homemade keepsake book is a great project for your fifth grader to make for someone special this holiday season!

Help your child get organized for the school year ahead and establish some important skills that will help him for years to come!

In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to race, involving spelling patterns in words.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

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

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.