Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

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

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

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

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

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

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!

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.