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Discover the force of water! This article provides step-by-step instructions for creating your own science experiment.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

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:

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

This potato cannon activity teaches your middle schooler about the principle of Boyle's Law. Make a potato cannon and have a blast learning about science.

Design a hearing protection device to protect their ears from loud noises. Examine the properties of current protective hearing devices, materials.

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

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Look for a correlation between temperature and the intensity of cricket chirping. Measure ambient temperature and sound intensity in decibels.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

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.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Experiment with the wonders of pressure and condensation by crushing a soda can with nothing but air and water!

With this activity, not only will you be experimenting with giving accurate information, you'll also teach your child how to write good scientific procedures.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

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.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.