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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.

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 the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

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!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

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.

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.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

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

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!