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

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

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

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

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

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.

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

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

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

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

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.

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

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

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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.

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.

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 own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!