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Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

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

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Set your teen on the beat in a real world "crime scene" investigation. Can he tell whose fingerprints are on a drinking glass?

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

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!

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

This exploration of different types of energy will help young minds appreciate and observe thermal, kinetic, mechanical, and other forms of energy.

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!

Teach your preschooler some physics that she can relate to with this fun and simple activity!

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

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.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

In this fun science fair project idea learn about the multiple sources of radio waves and fin out how difficult it is to block them.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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!

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Build an electroscope, a simple device that measures static electricity, or the freely flowing electrical charges of the atmosphere!

Demonstrate how we are able to locate sounds, echolocation. Have a blindfolded subject locate you by the sound of your clapping.

Have your child try this classic experiment that demonstrates circular motion using a bucket and rope. Be careful, you might get soaked!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!