What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

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!

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

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

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

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

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

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

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

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

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

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

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

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!

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.

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

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

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!

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

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

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

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?