Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

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

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This science fair project idea deals with the qualities of shade on a sunny day.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

In this project, waves of vibrations are experimented with using water in glasses.

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

This science fair project idea researches how your choice of clothing affect how hot or cool you feel during the day.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

This science fair project idea determines if family members can recognize one another using only the sense of smell.

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

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Science fair project which tests various sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks to find out whether one rock family is stronger than the others.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

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

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.

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!

Does electricity move better through thick wires or thin ones? kids will conduct this classic electricity experiment for this science fair project.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

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

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

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

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

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

Science fair project which will teach you more about the foods that you eat, and learn which ones are healthier choices.