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

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.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

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.