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Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

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

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

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

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

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

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

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

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!

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.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

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?

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.

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

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

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

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

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

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

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