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.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

This activity is a great introduction to polymer chemistry. It might seem complicated, but all you'll need is the material found inside of a baby's diaper!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

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

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

Bring back the groovy memories by making shrinky dinks using household materials, while learning about the science of plastics. Here's how to get started:

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

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.

What do you get when you combine science and fairies? Fairy scientists who make their own potion, of course! This activity promotes critical thinking skills as your child mixes, experiments, and creates their very own fairy potions.

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

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!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

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

For this activity your child will use the ready made glycerin base to create elegant rose petal hand soaps.

Want to give your teen some insight into the scientific method and get the house cleaned? This activity promises both!

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

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

The goal of this science fair project is to assess the acidity levels of common food and household products using pH test strips.

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.