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.

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

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.

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

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

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

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

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

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

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

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

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to upper elementary students.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

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

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.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.