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How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

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

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

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

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!