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Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

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

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.