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

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

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

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.

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

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

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

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

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

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

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

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

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.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

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!

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.

This science fair project idea explores the relationship between oil and water in terms of density as well as hydrophilic/hydrophobic compounds.

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

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

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.