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Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

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

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.