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

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

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

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

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

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

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.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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

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.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

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.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

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.

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

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

The objective this science fair project is to determine whether a bigger bag will allow a homemade hot air balloon to fly higher than smaller bag.

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.