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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

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

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.