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.

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.

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

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

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

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

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

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.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

This science fair project idea investigates whether plants can survive being frozen.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.