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Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

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

Learn how to demagnetize a magnet and how physics can explain this phenomenon with this enlightening science fair project.

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

Does the temperature of a magnet affect its strength? Learn about the relationship between magnets and temperature with this cool physics science fair project.

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

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.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Science fair project about work and energy which uses a simple mathematical formula to predict how far a jar will roll down an incline.

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

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.

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!

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

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.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.