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Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

In this cool science fair project idea, kids conduct the ruler drop test on volunteers to determine whether reaction time can be improved with practice.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

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

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

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

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.