Explore collisions and trajectories through lively hands-on experiments. Play with a Newton’s cradle, build and aim a catapult, launch homemade stomp rockets, collide collision carts, ram barriers with marbles, and paint with pendulums.

Investigate momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions, kinetic and potential energy, circular motion, and pendulums. Online simulations and short videos extend the learning.

Most projects use recyclables and low-cost materials. A Newton’s cradle is recommended. They are extremely pleasing to manipulate.

Thermodynamics, here we come! Explore heat, temperature, and the hidden universe through hands-on experiments. Use an infrared thermometer, measure freezing and boiling points, capture a thermal thumbprint, and observe an oozing exothermic reaction.

Make a heat pack, investigate expansion and contraction, and explore radiation, convection, and conduction. Learn about absolute zero and repeat Herschel’s landmark experiment that led to the discovery of invisible infrared light.

Connect thermometers, invisible light, black-body radiation, and the surprising path from heat to quantum mechanics. Heat transfer is a hot topic, indeed.

Explore the periodic table with hands-on experiments that make the elements elementary. Split water into rocket fuel, pop hydrogen, hunt for “naked” protons, flame-test salts, and grow huge crystals.

Learn about atoms, protons, neutrons, and electrons. Act out the roles of charged particles, model 3D electron orbitals, and discover the periodicity of the periodic table.

This beautifully illustrated ebook takes young learners through the Alphabet of the Universe and makes chemistry visual, memorable, and exciting.

The containers can be improvised from jars and cans. You will also need a handful of jumbo-sized metal paperclips and common household items. Almost all of the "chemicals" are either in your kitchen or at the grocery store.