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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.

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

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

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

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

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.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

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

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

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

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

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

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

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