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

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

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

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.

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!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

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.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

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

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!

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.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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.

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

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

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

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

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

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

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

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

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.

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

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

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