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Science activities and experiments have a way of bringing out the inner scientist in even the youngest of learners. Even if students are bit young for the laboratory, they can still learn principles of chemistry through simple homemade science activities and experiments, such as separating salt out of salt water to create freshwater. Below, learners of all ages will find challenging and interesting science activities and experiments created by Education.com.

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Bread Mold Experiment

This bread mold experiment will help your child learn about mold, and he'll develop important hypothesis-making and experiment-designing skills.

Candle Burning Experiment

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Keep a Candle Burning Underwater!

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

How to Make a Bouncy Ball

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Make Waves in a Bottle

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Bake a Chemistry Cake

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

States of Matter in a Baggie

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

Brush Up: A Toothpaste Experiment

This science experiment uses a hard-boiled egg as a pretend tooth and shows reluctant brushers the importance of tooth care!

How to Make a Wind Vane

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Find Out Why Leaves Change Color

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Curds and Whey: A Milky Experiment

Have you or your child ever heard that nursery rhyme and wondered just what curds and whey are anyway? Do this simple experiment together to find out!

Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Firework Science

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Make Like a Bird and Nest

Teach the kids how a bird's nest is made by making your own nests using only natural materials!

Bungee Jump ... With Eggs!

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

How Old is That Tree?

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Homemade Thermometer

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to complement what he's learning about this instrument in school.

Make Your Own Soap

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Make Four Season Trees!

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Healthy Food Hunt

Teach your preschooler about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for her with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Your Nose Knows! Have Fun with Smell Science

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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