Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

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!

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

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!

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

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?

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

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

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

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

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.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

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!

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

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!

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.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

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

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.