4th - 8th Grade Physical Science Resources : Page 6

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.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

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

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!

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.