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

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

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

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

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.

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!

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.