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Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

How fast is the wind blowing? This science experiment provides step-by-step instructions to help you answer this question.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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.

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

This project investigates whether chewing gum can help a majority of people with focus and concentration.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

Experiment with magnetism in this 8th grade science activity in which your child will create a working compass using a steel needle, magnet, and jar.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

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

There is debate about whether chalkboards or whiteboards are better. This experiment explores which leads to better retention of visually-displayed information.

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

This science fair project idea explores whether a person's ability to see under very dim lighting conditions diminishes with age.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.