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

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!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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!

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 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.

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

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

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

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

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.

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.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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

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.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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

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

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

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!

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