Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

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

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

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

Gather some friends for a bubbly soda taste test do determine calories' role in your favorite drinks.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.