4th Grade Physical Science Learning Resources

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.

Your child will be hooked on chemistry after she builds a model volcano by combining an acid and an alkaline substance.

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

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

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!

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

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

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

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

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