How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

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

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!

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

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