This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

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

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.