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In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

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.

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.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Have you ever wondered how many numbers most people can memorize? Test your friends to find out!

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

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

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

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

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

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

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