Elementary School Physical Science Resources : Page 5

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

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

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

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!

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

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

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

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

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

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

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

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

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

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!