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

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

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

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

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.

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

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

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

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

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