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

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

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

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.

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

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!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

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.

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!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

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

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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.

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.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

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

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

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

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