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This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

Enjoy the season of crunchy leaves and crisp harvest scents with a tall glass of pumpkin juice.

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

A round scoop of vanilla ice cream, red sprinkles, and bat and glove cookies are all it takes to make a baseball-themed treat.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!