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What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

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!

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

Explore the wave-particle duality of light! Learn how light can behave as both a wave and a particle in this cool physics science fair project idea for kids.

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

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

How fast does light travel in different mediums? Kids conduct a cool refraction experiment in materials like water and air for this science fair project.

In this fun science fair project idea learn the difference between additive and subtractive color and why they are handled differently.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Illustrate the idea of light refraction with this exciting and mystifying experiment.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

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

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.