Showing Results for time

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.

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!

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

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

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

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

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

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

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

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

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

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.

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

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

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

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

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.

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

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!

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

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!