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

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

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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

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.

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

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

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.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!