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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Keep a Candle Burning Underwater!
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Keep a Candle Burning Underwater!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.
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Keep a Candle Burning Underwater!
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Keep a Candle Burning Underwater!
Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
Pre-K
Physical Science
Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!
Pre-K
Physical Science
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Bake a Chemistry Cake
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Bake a Chemistry Cake
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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.
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Bake a Chemistry Cake
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Bake a Chemistry Cake
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.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
Third Grade
Physical Science
In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Series and Parallel Circuits
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Series and Parallel Circuits
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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!
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Series and Parallel Circuits
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Series and Parallel Circuits
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!
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Testing the Solubility of Common Liquid Solvents
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Testing the Solubility of Common Liquid Solvents
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.
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Testing the Solubility of Common Liquid Solvents
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Testing the Solubility of Common Liquid Solvents
In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Talking to Plants
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Talking to Plants
Third Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.
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Talking to Plants
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Talking to Plants
This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Volcano Project
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Volcano Project
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.
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Volcano Project
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Volcano Project
Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science
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Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.
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Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science
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Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science
Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Egg in a Bottle
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Egg in a Bottle
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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!
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Egg in a Bottle
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Egg in a Bottle
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!
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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How Does Sound Travel?
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How Does Sound Travel?
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.
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How Does Sound Travel?
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How Does Sound Travel?
The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
First Grade
Physical Science
Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.
First Grade
Physical Science
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How to Make a Cartesian Diver
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How to Make a Cartesian Diver
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.
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How to Make a Cartesian Diver
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How to Make a Cartesian Diver
Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Float My Clay Boat
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Float My Clay Boat
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.
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Float My Clay Boat
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Float My Clay Boat
Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment
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Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!
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Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment
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Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment
Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Break the Tension: A Water Experiment
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Break the Tension: A Water Experiment
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.
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Break the Tension: A Water Experiment
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Break the Tension: A Water Experiment
Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!
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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Soda Explosion
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Soda Explosion
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!
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Soda Explosion
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Soda Explosion
This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Recycling Christmas Lights
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Recycling Christmas Lights
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.
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Recycling Christmas Lights
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Recycling Christmas Lights
Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Slinky Physics
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Slinky Physics
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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.
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Slinky Physics
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Slinky Physics
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.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Playground Physics
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Playground Physics
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.
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Playground Physics
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Playground Physics
Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Simple Machines at Home
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Simple Machines at Home
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.
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Simple Machines at Home
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Simple Machines at Home
Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Compare Cotton and Nylon Absorbency
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Compare Cotton and Nylon Absorbency
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.
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Compare Cotton and Nylon Absorbency
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Compare Cotton and Nylon Absorbency
Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Second Grade
Physical Science
Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Try Water Science Trickery!
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Try Water Science Trickery!
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.
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Try Water Science Trickery!
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Try Water Science Trickery!
This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!
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Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.
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Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!
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Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!
Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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