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

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

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

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

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

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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