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This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

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

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!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

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

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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.

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!

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

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying 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.