When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

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!

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

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.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

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.

Teach your preschooler some physics that she can relate to with this fun and simple activity!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

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.

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

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

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

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

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

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

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.