Make a Decorative Paperweight!
Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!
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 Homemade Hand Sanitizer!
With new diseases appearing each day, it's important to keep your child's hands clean and germ free. Here's an activity where you and your child will make your own scented hand sanitizer to keep those nasty germs at bay!
See Around Corners with a Homemade Periscope
You don't have to be a secret agent or some kind of hide-and-seek jedi to see around corners; you just need a couple of milk cartons and mirrors! This simple household physics activity will turn your child into an honest-to-goodness Master of Reflection.
Sun Prints for Kids
There's no better time than summer to explore the effects of light and shadow. Help your child combine science and art with this experiment.
Ice Cream Science
What is a liquid? What is a solid? What better way to experiment, then by turning one of your kid's favorite substances, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!
Apple Slice Science!
When apples are set out in the air, they turn brown, but when they are coated with lemon juice the acid keeps the apples fresh. In this activity your child will design her own happy face snack and experiment with this kid-friendly phenomenon.
Make a Marble Obstacle Course
Teach your preschooler simple science like gravity and balance without losing your marbles. Well . . . there's a chance you might lose a few!
Create Crystal Ornaments
This activity combines art and science. Kids learn about how molecules join together and make a pretty decoration to hang around the house.
Play the Rainbow to Explore Acoustics
In this activity, your child will fill jars with varied amounts of water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.
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