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

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

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

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

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

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

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

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

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

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

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

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

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!

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

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

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