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Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

This fun elementary school science fair project idea helps students in designing an amusement park using their knowledge of forces and simple machines.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Create your very own rubber stamp using rubber bands and cardboard. This is a simple way to create a beautiful design that can be used again and again.

Here's an activity to inspire your preschooler to learn to recognize numbers and count than by using fun and funky rubber stamps to make her own flashcards!

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

In this science fair project, students determine whether a bean plant grows faster and taller using a traditional soil planting method or hydroponic method.

Kids learn how fiber optics work with a dramatic total internal reflection experiment using a fish tank, water, and a laser pointer.

Build a magnetic linear accelerator using a ruler, neodymium magnets, and small metal balls in this fun science fair project exploring magnetic propulsion.

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

In this fun art exercise, kids practice seeing multiple shapes and colors inside a water-filled glass and recreate them as a still life using colored paper.

Help your preschooler create beautifully designed and textured Easter eggs using only brown and purple onion skins for a result that's just to 'dye' for!

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

Science fair project in which you will create your electricity by making a homemade battery using salt water, a nail, and a copper wire.

Science fair project that determines how UV radiation emitted by the sun varies depending on the time of day, using a handheld UV detector

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

By using a tapestry needle, double-sided tape and a stitch guide, this activity helps make sewing more accessible to a beginner.

Make a beautiful - and realistic looking - sunflower using sunflower seeds and a paper plate with this fun kindergarten arts and crafts project.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.