This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

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.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

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!

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.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

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

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

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!

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

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.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.