Experiments
Find your next at-home science activity!
![A young girl makes a grimacing face after tasting something bitter](../assets/images/experiment-bitter-taste.jpg)
Bitter Taste Gene
![A camp counselor and young student standing in a stream examining a rock.](../assets/images/experiment-stream-health.jpg)
Stream Health
![A series of animal skulls on a black background](../assets/images/experiment-animal-skulls.jpg)
Animal Skulls
![A series of human skulls on a black background](../assets/images/experiment-hominin-skulls.jpg)
Hominin Skulls
![Flashlight patterns of Ursa Major and Leo.](../assets/images/experiment-flashlight-constellations.png)
Flashlight Constellations
![Kids building an air pressure rocket out of foam](../assets/images/experiment-air-pressure-rockets.jpg)
Air Pressure Rockets
![Picture of a s'more - melted marshmallow and chocolate between graham crackers.](../assets/images/experiment-smores.jpg)
Solar Oven S’mores
![Excited kids show off an egg that they will try to protect with their egg lander design.](../assets/images/experiment-mars-egg-lander.jpg)
Mars Egg Lander
![Closeup of a camouflaged butterfly.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-mimicry.jpg)
Magnificent Mimicry
![Closeup of leaves and their veins.](../assets/images/experiment-do-leaves-breathe.jpg)
Do leaves breathe?
![Closeup of a bard owl's face.](../assets/images/experiment-owl-pellets.jpg)
Owl Pellets
![Photo looking down on several pots with green shoots starting to emerge from the soil.](../assets/images/experiment-grow-something.jpg)
Can you "water" plants with other liquids?
![Girl wearing safety glasses holds up a cup of orange juice containing an animal tooth for testing.](../assets/images/experiment-dental-decay.jpg)
Dental Decay
![Kids with their hands in oobleck](../assets/images/experiment-oobleck.jpg)
Oobleck
![A young girl mixes up pancake ingredients on top of a large sheet of paper with the recipe and measurements.](../assets/images/experiment-pancake-science.jpg)
Pancake Science
![Overhead picture of a box of a dozen eggs.](../assets/images/experiment-bouncing-egg.jpg)
Bouncing Egg
![Cooling rack containing a bunch of swirly top meringues.](../assets/images/cited/homemade_meringues.jpg)
Marvelous Meringues
![Homemade fizzies creating bubbles in the bathtub.](../assets/images/experiment-bath-fizzies.jpg)
Bath Fizzies
![A measuring cup, jar, and seeds for creating a seed growing experiment.](../assets/images/experiment-watch-a-seed-grow.jpg)
Watch a Seed Grow
![A kid drops food coloring onto a red plastic plate containing milk and observes the resultant patterns.](../assets/images/experiment-miracle-milk.jpg)
Magic Milk
![The bottom of a toy truck being converted into a pull back car with a plastic coil.](../assets/images/experiment-pull-back-cars.jpg)
Pull Back Cars
![Kids outside on a lawn making plaster casts is aluminum baking pans.](../assets/images/experiment-plaster-casting.jpg)
Plaster Casting
![Different plants in jars with dyed water display a broad range of colors.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-how-do-plants-drink-water.jpg)
How do plants "drink" water?
![A young scientist holds up a dry ice comet in front of a light bulg.](../assets/images/experiment-comet.jpg)
Make a Comet
![Glass full of water with some raisins next to it and superimposed with the text, ''I'm ready to bust some moves on the dance floor](../assets/images/cited/experiment-dancing-raisins.jpg)
Dancing Raisins
![Kid relaxing in a cross-legged position preparing to have her blood pressure measured.](../assets/images/experiment-blood-pressure.jpg)
Blood Pressure
![Kid playing with smooshy slime over a baking sheet.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-smooshy-slime.jpg)
Smooshy Slime
![Ziploc bag laying in the grass exploding with a chemical reaction.](../assets/images/experiment-exploding-baggies.jpg)
Exploding Baggies
![Photo of a bumbleebee and a superimposed checklist of behaviors - collecting pollen, flying, sitting on flowers, and cleaning its head or body.](../assets/images/experiment-bumblebees.jpg)
Bumblebee Bonanza
![Showing off a lemon wired as a battery](../assets/images/experiment-lemon-batteries.jpg)
Lemon Batteries
![A foaming fountain contained inside a tinfoil pan.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-foam-fountain.jpg)
Foam Fountain
![Horses on a paper version of a carousel.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-energy-carousel.jpg)
Energy Carousel
![A jumble of colorful popsicle sticks exploding into the air.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-popsicle-stick-explosion.jpg)
Popsicle Stick Explosion
![Colorful construction paper cut into hearts, squares, and triangles.](../assets/images/experiment-pattern-power.jpg)
Pattern Power
![Colorful layers of dyed water in a vase.](../assets/images/cited/density-tower.jpg)
Density Tower
![A plate of bright red strawberries prepped for DNA extraction.](../assets/images/experiment-strawberry-dna.jpg)
Strawberry DNA
![A girl holds up a container with green beverage and smiles to show that her teeth have been stained green.](../assets/images/experiment-backwash.jpg)
Backwash
![Setup of mint candies about to be dropped into carbonated cola.](../assets/images/experiment-mentos-explosion.jpg)
Mentos® Explosion
![Sorted blocks stacked on a floor.](../assets/images/experiment-simple-sorting-at-home.jpg)
Simple Sorting at Home
![A youngster pours water into her filter](../assets/images/experiment-water-filter.jpg)
Water Filter
![Closeup of kids making square bubbles with a cube made out of straws.](../assets/images/experiment-square-bubbles.jpg)
Square Bubbles
![Different bracelets with colorful beads in repeating patterns.](../assets/images/cited/experiment-binary-bracelets.jpg)
Binary Bracelets
![Plastic tray full of water on the pavement with words written to the sides saying sink and float](../assets/images/cited/experiment-sink-or-float.jpg)
Sink or Float
![Kids preparing to catch a dropping ruler to measure reaction time.](../assets/images/experiment-reaction-time.jpg)
Reaction Time
![Caterpillar eating a leaf](../assets/images/experiment-caterpillar-senses.jpg)