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

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!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

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!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

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 idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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.

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

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

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.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

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

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

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!