Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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.

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

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to upper elementary students.

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?

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

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!

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

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.