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

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

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

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

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

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?

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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

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

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

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

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

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to upper elementary students.

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

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

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.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!