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

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

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

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

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.

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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?

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.