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Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

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

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

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!

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

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

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

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!

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

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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