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Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

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!

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

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

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

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

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

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

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.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

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

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

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