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This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

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

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

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

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!

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

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

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

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

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.