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What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

Explore the wave-particle duality of light! Learn how light can behave as both a wave and a particle in this cool physics science fair project idea for kids.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

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!

How fast does light travel in different mediums? Kids conduct a cool refraction experiment in materials like water and air for this science fair project.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Illustrate the idea of light refraction with this exciting and mystifying experiment.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

In this fun science fair project idea learn the difference between additive and subtractive color and why they are handled differently.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Before digital cameras, before Polaroids, there was the original pinhole camera. Build a pinhole camera and see what true vintage photography looks like!

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

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

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.