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Teach your fourth grader foreshortening, a type of visual perspective in art with this fun and easy activity!

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Science fair project that uses iodine vapors to develop latent fingerprints on a non-porous object.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

In this project, you'll create Oersted's experiment, which relates to how electric currents create magnetic fields.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Get kids to celebrate Earth Day by designing their very own junk truck.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

Check out these fun toothpick puzzles that are easy to set up and will give your kid an opportunity to practice all-important spatial reasoning skills.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

Filling out forms can be a great learning experience for kids. Here's how to give your child some FORMal training.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

This Easter, try putting on a guided family scavenger hunt to help your kindergartener track down the Easter eggs.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.