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

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.

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

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

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

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

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!

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

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.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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

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

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

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

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

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!

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

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

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

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