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

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

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!

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!

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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?

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!