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This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Here's a quick, kid-friendly intro to some geometry terms, and a fail-safe way to calculate circumference, no matter what!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Determine how different measurements of the same object might yield different values. Provide as many reasons that you can think of.

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

Get your middle schooler to explore symmetry and practice art and math measurements; have her draw the other half of a given face!

Homemade eggnog is a tasty holiday libation for your whole family. Make homemade eggnog with your child and help him understand measurements in cooking.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Research different measurement systems, design your own new or improved system that can measure something difficult to measure with traditional systems.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

This wassail recipe gets your child to concoct a sweet and tangy spiced cider. Celebrate the season with this wassail recipe and a few Christmas carols.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Find a mathematical relationship between the intensity of a sound wave and distance from the sound source. Use a pedometer and a sound level meter.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Enjoy making these no bake cookies with the kids and teach them important lessons in early math skills.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

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

Determine how proficient you are at making estimations and learn how to make more reasonable estimates.

Determine whether a hot liquid cools off faster when liquid is added before or after a two minute wait.

Little hands and feet can be a big help when learning how to measure! In this activity your preschooler will practice using a ruler and writing numbers.

This science fair project idea tests whether it is true that humans are in the morning than later during the day/night.

Science fair project that explains and demonstrates the parallax principle.

Plant sunflower seeds , measure height, calculate average height, compare size and weight of heads. Interpret findings in detailed report.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Let your imaginative kid pretend she's a mermaid as she dives into her food with some charming kelp utensils!