Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

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

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

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

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

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.

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

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

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.

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

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

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

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

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

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.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

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

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

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!