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.

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

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

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.

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

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?

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

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

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.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

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

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

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!