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Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

Discover flight initiation distance as you play around in the park with this fun bird watching project!

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

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.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

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.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

In this science fair project, learn how to make gears and find out why they transmit torques in predictable ways.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.

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.