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The purpose of this project is to determine if there are fluctuations in the rising and the setting of the sun and the position of the earth as it rotates.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Science fair project that compares tree leaf size and shape based on the leaf's position in the tree. Is their is a noticeable difference between high and low?

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Play with, explore, and describe everyday objects with your preschooler to get her ready to learn basic math skills and concepts.

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

Measure the speed of the earth's rotation using protractors and meter sticks. This science fair project measures the angle of the sun in relation to earth.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Expand on your childâs time-telling skills by helping him learn how an analog clock and a digital clock correspond.

How can Hooke's law explain how springs work? Learn about how Hooke's law is at work when you exert force on a spring in this cool science project.

Is your child struggling with the principles of magnetism? Here's a fun activity to demonstrate polarity and understand the basic principles of magnetism.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

This project will examine the relationship between wind velocity and direction and the distance a baseball travels.

Evaluate whether birth order influences personality.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia makes a great addition to any dining table because once youâre done looking at it, you can dig in and eat it!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This experiment investigates whether the psychological phenomenon of the halo effect can be used to explain people's perceptions of others.

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

How do the phases of the Moon and gravity cause spring tides and neap tides? Does the Sun play a role in the tides? Figure it out in this fun science project!