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Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

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

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

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