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For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

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

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.