Physical Science Activities : Page 7

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Find a mathematical relationship between the intensity of a sound wave and distance from the sound source. Use a pedometer and a sound level meter.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

Have you or your child ever heard that nursery rhyme and wondered just what curds and whey are anyway? Do this simple experiment together to find out!

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Future whistleblowers can learn about product safety standards with this exercise in writing and researching.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

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

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Looking for a way to help your teen explore the fun side of physics? How about a round of Saturday morning cartoons?

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

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

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

Learn how matter transmits sound with a simple, hands-on experiment using sand, water and air.