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Figuring out how the world works is what kids do best; it's part of their nature. One way to foster a child's natural desire to learn is with simple science experiments.

A hands-on approach designed to provide help students develop a better understanding of friction in both solid surfaces and fluids & which fluids include liquid and gas.

Activities involving food can be fun. Making rock candy shows students how solutes can form crystals after the solvent evaporates.

The experiments conducted by Joseph Priestley led Benjamin Franklin to a new understanding of the relationships between living organisms and the environment.

Want to baffle and educate the kids at the next birthday party? Here's an easy party trick you can perform that doubles as a fun science experiment in liquid density!

In two experiments that kids can perform in the classroom or at home with an adult's permission, children create a "density lasagna" and "liquid lava."

Gifted students develop a deeper understanding of the science process as they learn to design their own experiments to test treatments and hypotheses like scientists.

Here's a simple party trick you can do with everyday party stuff that will teach kids about the density of water and other liquids.

Small and comical, World of Warcraft's gnomes are often overlooked by role players looking for a new character. But the race has many interesting traits to offer players.

Kids are fascinated by science and concerned about reports of global warming. Combine the two with an easy classroom activity.

On October 9, 2009, people watched live on the internet as the LCROSS and its two-tonne Centaur rocket crashed on the lunar crater, expecting an impressive explosion.

Introduce students to food based oils through a simple science experiment designed to press the oil out of nuts.

Does your middle schooler have a science experiment or science fair project due soon? Use these websites to help get it done right.

Making saltwater taffy provides a fun and delicious way to show students how physical changes can happen.

Use this fun science experiment in classrooms or at parties to teach children the basic principles of liquid density.

Students conduct an experiment to determine the ability of rocks to absorb and retain water, making connections with the concepts of porosity and permeability in rocks.

Certain scientific principles are hard for young children to grasp. These simple experiments will produce fantastic results, and give you easy explanations.

Use things you have in your home to help your children do hands-on, simple science experiments.

Thinking about research-based writing as a kind of science experiment can help students in science, technology, engineering, and math gain confidence as writers.

This hands-on science activity for preschoolers recycles jar lids and muffin tins into magnet science tools.

Most authors wouldn't expect their most popular science books for kids to come out of writing fun facts for stuffed animals. But that's what happened to Conrad J. Storad.

Set out crumbs of different types of food to discover whether ants are attracted to salty, sweet, natural, or processed food. Watch the ants to see how they find food.

Is a human or dog's mouth cleaner? It's a great topic for a 4-H or science fair project. Read on for citable research resources, a list of supplies and where to buy them

A knowledge of acids and bases is important in chemistry, in baking, and food preservation. The following activity gives directions for making a simple indicator.

Simple suggestions to have students learning but having fun on the last few days of fun.

Questioning is a critical focus in science, because without questions there would be no answers. Teaching children to question is an inquiry-based thinking skill.

Students use science process skills and problem solving strategies, along with the scientific method during the completion density science activities.

Children have a lot of misconceptions about science and unfortunately they may get mistaken beliefs from adults. Eliminating misconceptions is critical for understanding.

Earth's water distribution science experiment to illustrate percentage of water available for human use.

We see "Scientists Discover Key to Mental Health" & other new research findings daily. Here's how to tell the difference between good & bad psychological research.

Navigators and map makers have been using compasses for centuries. Here's a quick and easy way to make a compass of your own with everyday household materials.

Making butter is a fun science experiment that both teaches and entertains students.

Black ink is made up of different dyes and this experiment will simply demonstrate the separate colours.

Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and they persisted until the universe gave them an answer.

A fun physics science lab for kids that uses magnets to illustrate Faraday's law and Lenz's law via a magnetic brake effect.

Use a solar still to discover how to make fresh water. A great science project for boys. A perfect kids craft for Boy Scouts or 4-H.

Students use inquiry-based thinking and science process skills to investigate chemical reactions that produce oxygen based on experimental findings and conclusions.

It's intuitive for children to wonder how things work and why things are in nature. Encouraging this type of curiosity can create future earth scientists.

A Neighborhood Science Camp contains fun experiments, activities, friends and food.

Homeschool science lessons come alive at a science fair. Plan a homeschool science fair for your local homeschool support group or co-op to reinforce science lessons.

Elementry students will investigate what happens to different powdered substances when added to cold and hot water

Kids love science, so when the next birthday rolls around, plan a fun and educational science theme birthday party for your child.

Deborah Shelton's new parenting book promotes child-parent bonding with games and activities that take only minutes.

Teach children about germs and the importance of washing their hands with this hands-on potato experiment.

Explore snow with a preschool class. Learn what a snowflake is, use a hand lense to discover snow, weigh snow, and even eat snow!

Winter break is almost two entire weeks off from school in most parts of the U.S. What will tweens do during this time? Here are some great ideas.

It's intuitive for children to wonder how things work and why things are in nature. Encouraging this type of curiosity can create future earth scientists.

Learn how people determined weights and measures long ago. Use this guide to help with homeschool projects and math.

Students use the scientific method in a color spectrum experiment using Benjamin Franklin's well documented heat experiment as a model.

Use egg theme unit elementary science lesson plans to teach the parts of an egg, the chicken life cycle, and which animals lay eggs. End with egg science experiments.