You will need a large iron nail, a fresh D size battery, thin coated copper wire (about 3 feet), and some paper clips. Our last experiment among 15 cool experiments to do at home with household items ...

For the next one on the list of cool experiments to do at home with household items, you will need a clean wooden chopstick or a skewer, a cup of water, a clothespin, 2-3 cups of sugar, and a narrow ...

On hot summer days, everyone is looking for ways to cool off. These experiments are perfect to do outside where spills don’t matter, and a plastic wading pool makes a perfect laboratory. This is a ...

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No one ever won a Nobel Prize for using lemons to power a light bulb or setting their hand on fire. Maybe someone should have, because experiments like those have introduced generations of kids to the ...

Jennifer Moorehead, better known as Jupiter Jen, loves being around a bunch of kids making messes. This, she says, is the best way to learn about science. "If it's not fun we don't do it," says ...

Sergei Urban is a stay-at-home dad in London who does cool science experiments with his two adorable boys on Instagram. You should follow him immediately. Using simple household items (eggs, vinegar, ...

Arizona State University climate scientist Ariane Middel walked the empty streets of a suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles last July. She had an unusual companion in ...