Activities : Page 42

Homemade dog treats are fun to make and delicious for your household pet. Make homemade dog treats to create personal Christmas gifts for dogs.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Kids will enjoy this cool demonstration of Newton's Third Law and the conservation of linear momentum.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

A project to reinforce learning about the layers of the rainforest, rain forest ecosystem, and the greenhouse effect.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Is the birthday paradox really a paradox, or just an intriguing problem that defies intuition? Find out with this birthday paradox science fair project.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Determine the maximum distance traveled by projectiles launched at an angle. Use some cool math to figure out at which angle your projectile will go farthest.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

Want to reinforce new middle school math terms (variables, equations), while helping your child solve simple one and two-step equations?

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.

Does your child have what it takes to be the world's first paper chef?

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

This science fair project idea explores whether dry ice will cool a beverage faster than wet ice.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

Ever wonder where paint comes from? This recipe works well with preschoolers because of its consistency and its natural nontoxicity.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

This goofy pasta clown sculpture will help your child develop his small muscle skills and think creatively while decking it out with a colorful circus outfit.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!