Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Let your imaginative kid pretend she's a mermaid as she dives into her food with some charming kelp utensils!

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This Christmas collage lets your child learn shapes, cubist art of Picasso and have fun during the holidays!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

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

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.