Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

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.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

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.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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!

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.