Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

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.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

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

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Science fair project that identifies the differences between soils from different environments and attempts to figure out why those differences exist.

Have you ever wondered how many numbers most people can memorize? Test your friends to find out!

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

Science fair project which measures whether tsunamis are more destructive when they are caused by an earthquake or by a meteor.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.