Elementary School Physical Science Activities : Page 3

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

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

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

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

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

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

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

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

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

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

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

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

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

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!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!