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.

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!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

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

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

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

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

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

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

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

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

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

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!