2nd - 5th Grade Physical Science Resources : Page 9

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

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.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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?

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

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

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

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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!

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

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

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!

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.