Salt Crystals Experiment

Grow your own crystals with salt and water. The experiment includes the creation of a supersaturated solution in which the solution (liquid) contains more salt than water can usually hold. When the heated water cools, it makes conditions very unstable, so the dissolved salt will leave…

A Second Life for Scraps: Making Natural Dyes with Fruits and Vegetables

Science Bee: What is Force and Motion?

Are you sitting down as you read this? Are you sitting completely still? If you answered…

The Evolution Of Agriculture

For most of history, humans have been hunter-gatherers. Adopting a more nomadic lifestyle, we moved with the…

Homework Helper: Phases of the Moon

The Moon is often associated with mystical happenings. In popular mythology, a full Moon triggers…

Mini-Tesla Coil

In 1891, inventor Nikola Tesla created the first system to wirelessly transmit electricity known as the Tesla coil. Only about a…

Water Bending Experiment

Have you ever gotten a small shock after rubbing your feet against a carpet? A similar process is at work in this…

Walking Water Rainbow

The same process that gets water from the roots of trees to leaves will power this experiment. Paper towels, and the…

Homework Helper: Body Systems

Eat, sleep, and play sound simple enough but these activities are only possible because of 12 organ systems…

A Second Life for Scraps: Citrus Peels

Oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and clementines are delicious. We eat them, juice them, and use them to add flavor to our meals. But the peels of these citrus fruits, that’s a different story. They often end up in the garbage.