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

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

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

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

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!

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

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

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?

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.

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

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.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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.

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

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

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

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

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?

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!

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

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

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

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

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

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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.

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

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

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