Physical Science Activities : Page 5

For this activity your child will use the ready made glycerin base to create elegant rose petal hand soaps.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

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

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Future whistleblowers can learn about product safety standards with this exercise in writing and researching.

Invite your middle schooler to bungee jump ... with eggs! This experiment will demonstrate Newton's laws of physics in an entertaining way.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Does your child know that salt water conducts electricity? This simple experiment will show how salt water acts as a conductor to electrical currents.

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.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

This science project examines the history of earthquakes and what we can do to prevent future disasters.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

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

Set your teen on the beat in a real world "crime scene" investigation. Can he tell whose fingerprints are on a drinking glass?

Find out whether matching resonant frequencies can cause objects to shatter.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

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!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.