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Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

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!

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!

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

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?

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

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.

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

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

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

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

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!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

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

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

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

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

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

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.

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.

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!