examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Your kid and his friends will have a blast taking turns playing the role of a traffic cop in this Labor Day version of the classic game Red Light, Green Light.

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate magnetic forces of attraction and repulsion using a magnet and everyday objects.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Demonstrate the capillary function in plants by adding food coloring to glasses of water. Slice stalks of celery and leafy tops. Compare color of leaves

For this activity your child will use the ready made glycerin base to create elegant rose petal hand soaps.

Your third grader will love reliving his favorite holiday story as he creates a charming Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer sculpture!

This science fair project investigates how temperature of a room affects the burn rate of a candle.

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.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

A Christmas tree advent calendar will help your child count down the days until the holiday. This craft is a great way to keep your child busy this winter.

Make mom feel like the star that she truly is by holding a movie premiere in her honor, complete with red carpet!

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

In this project, students will learn what and how foods are grown in rain forests and if there are sustainable methods that can be used.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Science fair project that compares leaf pigments of various tree species. Which tree species do you think will have the most pigments and why?

Explore the wave-particle duality of light! Learn how light can behave as both a wave and a particle in this cool physics science fair project idea for kids.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

This science fair project idea determines whether volunteers remember more information presented orally or visually or kinesthetically.

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

In this cool robotics project, construct a motorized robot with a sensor and put it through a maze test to find the number of errors it makes along the way.