Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

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!

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

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

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

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

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

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

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

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!