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Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Whether it's a bag lunch, goody bag, or used to decorate a table, this cute little fox bag is sure to make your kid smile.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Find out which part of a flame burns wood the fastest and also if this is true for all types of flames such as candle-flame, burners, and lighters.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

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

Determine which seeds are most likely to survive harsh winter conditions (low temperatures).

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Science fair project that tests the correlation between outdoor temperature or weather conditions and the number of visible stars at night.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

This science fair project idea determines effective strategies to help students stay awake and attentive.

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Determine how effective animal camouflage is by simulating it in an indoor and outdoor setting.

Explore the best way to store popcorn kernels. It examines the impact of moisture and temperature on unpopped kernels.

Determine which metal has the highest rate of conductivity.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Science fair project which measures the amount of heat energy released by a burning candle by calculating how many calories of heat it emits.

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Science fair project that creates fog using bottles of hot and cold water.

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.