Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

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

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

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

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

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

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

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.

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

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

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

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.

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 child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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