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Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

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

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

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!

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

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

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?

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

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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

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.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

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

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.