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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

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

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

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!

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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.

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

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

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

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