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Cook these dumplings with your kids to ring in the Chinese New Year or any day you're craving tasty homemade food!

Learn about calorimetry, make a bomb calorimeter, and experiment with combusting different nuts to see which one produces the most energy!

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Does your child long to be the next Captain Hook? This great craft activity will provide an invaluable accessory for any costume box: a pirate hook!

Homemade chocolates are a surprisingly easy way to make unique and personal treats. Make a batch of homemade chocolates with your child this Valentine's Day.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Kids learn about the color rendering index by finding the best lightning for makeup in this fun and original physics science fair project idea.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

What's the difference between centripetal and centrifugal force? Students find out by seeing both in action as they conduct this experiment.

Demonstrate that insects observe colors and choose favorites. Place colored pieces of construction paper on a flat, glassy surface, observe bug preference.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Measure temperature change over time using a variety of insulation materials. Be creative with insulation materials: scarves, yarn, socks, feathers, oil, etc

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

Science fair project that demonstrates how stalagmites and stalactites are formed.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

Create an organic plastic product using vinegar and cream. Track decomposition over course of several weeks. Compare decomposition with traditional plastics.

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

Tackle both boredom and mathematics with this inventive arts and craft project!

Demonstrate how tracks are formed by pressing your hand into a cornmeal mixture, then reverse the process and make prints of the track.