It's not too late to record the NOVA for this week. I almost missed it myselg because I assumed they would air the Kaboom episode closer to the 4th of July. But I was wrong. They are already airing it this week. So check your TV listings now. We are going to save our recording and not watch it until the week of the 4th. Here is the companion website to the episode: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fireworks/

Also use this one: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fireworks/

Here is an idea of how you can turn the learning into a neat momento - Take pictures of your 4th of July fun and then create a scrapbook page showing what elements/metals are used to create the colors in fireworks. Here is the page we made a few years ago -

(Click on the thumbnail to see it larger)