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Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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

Tired of gum with flavor that lasts for just a couple of minute? Put gum to the test with this chewy science experiment!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

This science fair idea examines hydrogel superabsorbent polymer crystals. They can absorb 500 times their weight in water. Can they absorb other liquids too?

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.