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This Valentine's Day, learn a little more about the organ that keeps everything in your body going--the heart!

In this activity, your child will write a poem recognizing and appreciating the beauty inherent in diversity.

This science fair project idea explores whether dogs do look like their owners.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

Discover the interactions of synthetic dyes and natural dyes on natural and artificially-made fabrics.

Determine which seeds are most likely to survive harsh winter conditions (low temperatures).

Diwali is a holiday celebrated in many Asian Pacific countries the world over. Make this delicious Indian treat with your child to celebrate the holiday.

Help your teen show Mom how much he loves her through song ... with her very own CD!

Science fair project which uses a camera to observe the surface of a balloon in the moment of its explosion.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Get your 4th-7th grade child outside with this fast-paced twist on the classic game of tag. This activity provides good cardiovascular exercise.

You may have a future Van Gogh, Picasso, or Warhol on your hands! Challenge your teen to reproduce her favorite painting with a brand new medium.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

This science fair project idea demonstrates how our fingers prune when in water.