The cool thing about science is that it describes what's happening all around us, all the time. Sometimes, though, kids find it hard to connect what they know about science to the real world. These ...

It's that time of year when your kids might be getting a little restless spending so much time inside. If your kids are starting to get the winter blues, we have some ideas to cheer them up. Why not ...

Did you ever dream of having a lava lamp experiment when you were a kid? I know I did! There’s just something magical about those colorful blobs bouncing around in liquid light. Now, as a parent, you ...

Place cups in a row (I used five cups). Fill the first, third and fifth cups most of the way full. Add food coloring to the water. To make a rainbow effect, add a few drops of blue color to the first ...

Few kids can resist a good science experiment, and I have always found the best ones to be those that are easy to set up, use materials you already have around the home, and are as fun or interesting ...

Did you know about 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water? And up to 60% of the human adult body is water? Water is essential for all life on the Earth, and it is one of the most ...

Have you seen the boiling water challenge during the winter months?? It's one of the cool science experiments that can be done during these cold temperatures. Take a look at the video that Justin ...

CLEVELAND — Maybe it’s the snow. Maybe it’s because it’s May. Maybe it’s the fact that I probably won’t see the ocean any time soon. But in any case, I was thinking about how much I love the smell of ...

Kengo Yamada remembers asking a class of kindergartners where they thought wind came from. “One said, ‘Trees make wind,’” says the associate director of early childhood education at New Jersey’s ...