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

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!

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

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

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

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

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.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.