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

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

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

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

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!

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

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

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

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

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

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

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

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

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

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?

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.

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