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This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

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

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

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.

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!

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

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

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

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.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

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

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

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

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

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

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

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!

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!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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