2nd - 5th Grade Physical Science Activities : Page 6

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

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

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!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

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

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.