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Science activities and experiments have a way of bringing out the inner scientist in even the youngest of learners. Even if students are bit young for the laboratory, they can still learn principles of chemistry through simple homemade science activities and experiments, such as separating salt out of salt water to create freshwater. Below, learners of all ages will find challenging and interesting science activities and experiments created by Education.com.

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Make a spring collage with your preschooler to get her outside and those creative juices flowing!

Make a Fistful of Slime!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Density Demonstration

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

Crystal Lollipops

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Make Colorful Crystals from Coal

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Mini Ice Sculptures!

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

Family First Aid Kit

Enlisting the cooperation of your teenager to help prepare your household for an emergency is the perfect way to get set, fast.

Make Your Own Cloud!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Play with Pulleys

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Learn Where Wind Comes From

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Wheels and Axles

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Make Your Own Rainbow

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Ancient Building Techniques

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Make Your Own Butter!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Homemade Submarine

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

Pop Bottle Science

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Exploding Marshmallows!

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

How to Make Compost

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Superhero Strength

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Egg in a Bottle

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Understanding Volume

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

Environmental Cleanup

Here's a guide to starting a community clean-up project from scratch.

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.

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