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Science activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy science activities to more advanced science experiments, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search by grade.

Plants Suck: Observing Natural Capillary Action

Plants Suck: Observing Natural Capillary Action

How do flowers get water up from the ground or a vase and into their stems, leaves, and petals? Use food coloring to demystify this gravity-defying feat of nature, and watch as a white flower changes color before your eyes!

Cardboard Tube Critters

Cardboard Tube Critters

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more. Treat your budding entomologist to this sculptural science activity that will allow him to research insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies.

Siphon Water With Suction and Gravity!

Siphon Water With Suction and Gravity!

When your child's world is filled with complicated digital gadgets, simple mechanics can seem downright magical. This amazing way of using first suction and then gravityâs work of pulling will fascinate your child as she tries to figure out how siphoning works.

Make a Bungee Scale

Make a Bungee Scale

Teach the concepts of weight and scales to your child with this fun bungee scale. By becoming familiar with the weight of household objects, your child will get ready to understand more complex scientific principles.

Create a Construction Center In Your Home

Create a Construction Center In Your Home

Your kids will love building and interacting in this home Construction Center! Give them a space where there's no right answer but always more to build.

Ping Pong Patterns

Ping Pong Patterns

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use colored ping-pong balls to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Create a Science Lab In Your Home!

Create a Science Lab In Your Home!

Kids are natural scientists. Any scientist, they'll agree, should have her own laboratory! This space will give your child a nice place to work and will give you an easy place to store her experiments and activities.

Hang Materials For Bird Nests!

Hang Materials For Bird Nests!

With this springy project, your child will make a hanger full of colorful materials for the birds to use in their nests. She'll have a great time with this craft project and science experiment all in one!

Create Magnetic Patterns

Create Magnetic Patterns

Your child can create a colorful, patterned structure using just a dowel and magnets. Experimenting with color and spacing will result in a unique design that your child will be proud to show off!

Sniff, Sniff: Aromas and the Brain

Sniff, Sniff: Aromas and the Brain

Boost your child's brain power by exploring the amazing world of aromas. Check out these fun and interactive smell science activities.

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