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Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

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

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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