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Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

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

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

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

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

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!

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

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

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!

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

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?

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

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

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.

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

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