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Bring back the groovy memories by making shrinky dinks using household materials, while learning about the science of plastics. Here's how to get started:

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

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

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about the multiple sources of radio waves and fin out how difficult it is to block them.

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

Here's a fun activity to reinforce the physics concept of stored energy for your middle schooler.

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

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

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

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

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

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Get a cool and easy science fair project idea which helps high school students in understanding concepts behind the working of a microphone.

Looking for a way to help your teen explore the fun side of physics? How about a round of Saturday morning cartoons?

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

What is the Doppler Effect, or the Doppler Shift? The purpose of this science fair project is to determine how distance impacts the Doppler Effect.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

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.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Is your child struggling with the principles of magnetism? Here's a fun activity to demonstrate polarity and understand the basic principles of magnetism.

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.