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

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

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!

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

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

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.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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 idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.