3rd Grade Physical Science Resources : Page 2

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

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?

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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

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!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

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

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

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

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

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.